Cyril Ramaphosa will be encouraged by his survival on 13 December of a parliamentary vote on the scathing Section 89 panel report into the Phala Phala farm scandal...

Until the afternoon of 30 November President Cyril Ramaphosa had all but ensured a second five-year term as African National Congress leader and as presidential candidate in the 2024 elections after the ruling party's branches gave him more than twice the votes of his nearest rival...

Race for the top six Beyond the presidency and deputy presidency where Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Mashatile had sewn up the nominations before the parliamentary panel's bombshell report on the Phala Phala affair on 30 November the other four top posts in the African National Congress hierarchy are set to be fiercely contested: secretary-general deputy secretary-general chairperson and treasurer-general (AC Vol 63 No 22 Ramaphosa names his party allies)...

Yet several senior African National Congress officials say that President Cyril Ramaphosa's position is weakening and don't rule out 'a nuclear accident' in the coming party elections which could push him out of power all orchestrated by his opponents...

It was a major defeat for ANCYL convener Nonceba Mhlauli who is an ally of Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele a top strategist for President Cyril Ramaphosa...

It is symbolically and politically important to Britain that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first leader to be hosted by King Charles III for a state visit from 22-24 November and that he is both a prominent leader in Africa and the Commonwealth (AC Vol 63 No 21 Truss and Ramaphosa try a crisis reset)...

Sources in the African National Congress say however that President Cyril Ramaphosa is now anxious to convince the world of his anti-corruption credentials and sending Chang back to Mozambique would do the opposite...

Discontent over the multiple powerful positions accumulated by African National Congress Secretary-General Paul Mashatile was behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision not to make him his running mate and to opt instead for Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu Africa Confidential understands...

8bn) in tender fraud at Eskom during the almost 10 years of rule by convicted former President Jacob Zuma the arrests are seen as a significant milestone in President Cyril Ramaphosa's joint commitment to zero tolerance of corruption and building economic growth analysts said...

Government officials lament the ailing railways and ports but there has been little visible progress since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his intention to create an independent National Ports Authority to regulate competition with private sector players ease the bottlenecks and boost revenue (AC Vol 63 No 7 Economic swings and roundabouts)...