Ramaphosa: no one is hindering antigraft fight
The president reviews his first 100 days in office where he has been on a clean-up campaign
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has not faced resistance from the bureaucrats as he embarks on his vision to rid the government of state capture and clean up corruption. The president was reflecting on his 100 days in office with the South African National Editors’ Forum. Ramaphosa was elected president of the ANC on an anti-corruption ticket after the country had been mired in allegations of state capture and graft for nearly a decade. He has instituted major reforms to deal with this, including overhauling his cabinet and boards of key state-owned entities and culling those in the government seen as drivers of the capture project. "I’m actually finding the whole experience over the last 100 days so empowering, so encouraging, because there is nowhere that I have found resistance," he said. But the president later quipped: "I am not finding any resistance — if I was I wouldn’t tell you. There may well be resistance going forward." It is clear Ramaphosa is walking a tightrope, man...
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