SA is teetering on the edge of revival — or at least that’s the story we are clinging to for 2025. The ghosts of state capture’s immense corruption still hover, but the winds of change are blowing stronger than ever. 

Let’s be clear: President Cyril Ramaphosa, about seven months into his second term after being swept to power on promises to reinvigorate the economy and put millions of people into jobs, didn’t exactly have a hard act to follow. Under the disastrous stewardship of his convicted predecessor, Jacob Zuma, SA had reached a level where it could hardly fall any lower without being labelled a failed state. ..

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