After spending his first term fending off a rebellion from supporters of ousted President Jacob Zuma President Cyril Ramaphosa should now be able to sack all those ministers and top officials suspected of grand corruption and political sabotage...

In spite of some last minute ructions it looks a matter of time before Paul Mashatile who outsmarted the Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize camps at the African National Congress's elective conference in December is sworn in as Deputy President (AC Vol 63 No 25 elective conference President's fate rests with party)...

After four days of deliberations on 29 January the ruling African National Congress agreed in principle to declare a national disaster in response to rolling power cuts which President Cyril Ramaphosa said were 'crippling the economy' and promoting crime...

The highest profile case which was launched by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) the country's biggest union and three opposition parties (the United Democratic Movement Action SA and the Inkatha Freedom Party) to sue President Cyril Ramaphosa together with his energy and public enterprises minister and the top management at the Eskom power utility for the failure to end the 15-year crisis (AC Vol 63 No 20 New coalition aims to supplant the ANC)...

Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg...

He took over from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (AC Vol 63 No 19 Mswati sidesteps reform)...

AU chairman Macky Sall and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa criticised the US's bill on 'Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa' currently before the Senate having been passed by the House of Representatives...

Those inform in part President Cyril Ramaphosa's neutrality on Moscow's war in Ukraine much to Washington's frustration...

The coming year is likely to see further loosening of President Cyril Ramaphosa's grip on his divided ruling party and reduce his ability to progress economic reforms...