But the timeline has been stretched out as officials grapple with worsening power shortages mostly caused by corruption and mismanagement of Eskom during Jacob Zuma's presidency...

But getting rid of Mkhwebane with her links to ex-President Jacob Zuma is more of a political win for Ramaphosa showing his strength in parliament and the party's national executive committee...

'If another group of people attempted to capture the state ' as happened during the nine-year rule of President Jacob Zuma 'they would succeed because Parliament would again fail to stop them ' Zondo said at a conference on 22 June to assess the impact of the commission's report (AC Vol 63 No 14 Zondo's game changer)...

Ex-President Jacob Zuma had strong relations with King Mswati and married into the royal family...

' Former president Jacob Zuma's allies and the so-called Radical Economic Transformation grouping have all been alienated from the new alliances (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...

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...

But he's contending with plenty of other risks: the power and water crises which are pushing ANC voter support off a cliff; the machinations of ousted President Jacob Zuma's supporters within and outside the ANC; and the threat of legal action against him over the Phala Phala hidden cash saga (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...

South Africa has frequently been criticised for failing to use its economic power over Eswatini to compel political reforms especially when ex-President Jacob Zuma who was close to Mswati was marrying members of the royal family...