Finally, after many years and much speculation, we’ve discovered where President Cyril Ramaphosa keeps his detachable spine: in a crate with some sniper rifles, a stack of photocopied, useless permits and a larger stack of photocopied, substantially more useless cadres.  

Given that the entire SA media contingent spent Friday stuck in a plane in Poland and the rest of the weekend in a plane headed home, I can’t tell you whether the spine was bolted onto Ramaphosa like a sort of brace or was inserted in a less dignified way.  ..

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