Over the past few months the media and analysts have been worrying about the survival of the government of national unity (GNU) — a tactical but not strategic pact. A tangential question that has not been asked is whether SA can survive without Cyril Ramaphosa.

South Africans should not have to worry about this. At the outset it has to be said that Ramaphosa deserves the Person of the Year award for outsmarting, outwitting and outgunning his opponents in and outside his party. ..

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