Too little, too late?
EDITORIAL: Cyril Ramaphosa shaken out of slumber at last
Is Cyril still testing those condoms?" asked one cheeky wag over the weekend, a reference to the brand of prophylactic that SA’s deputy president was espousing in parliament two months ago. But the comment was of far greater profundity, taking aim at the fact that Ramaphosa had become increasingly invisible in recent weeks, as the storm over President Jacob Zuma and the criminal charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan grew fiercer. In April, the Financial Mail asked a similar question on our cover — echoing the wider plea from society that, amid a lack of leadership from Zuma’s office on the economy, the fees debacle or pretty much anything, people were looking to Ramaphosa to fill the vacuum.
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