Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said the government has begun tackling the corruption that had become pervasive in SA and will ensure all those found responsible are held to account. "The wheels of change are moving now and they are going to start speeding up," Ramaphosa said on Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Cleaning up clearly is going to be quite a mammoth task, but we have to start somewhere. Our people are clamouring for a clean government and that is what we are going to give them." Ramaphosa was elected leader of the ANC last month, positioning him to succeed President Jacob Zuma, whose almost nine-year tenure has been marred by scandal. While Zuma’s second term is due to end in mid-2019, and the ANC has said its newly elected top six leaders will determine when he should step down. "We have taken a view that this is a very, very difficult matter," Ramaphosa said, when asked if Zuma would serve out his term. "W...
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