The win by Cyril Ramaphosa is a pyrrhic one, because the ANC is a house of cards and is going to be sabotaged by losing half of its members — poor losers, notwithstanding the grandstanding show of "unity". Had Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma won, the demise of the ANC would have been a far quicker process because the Ramaphosa wing would have left the party, probably before the 2019 election. Ramaphosa is left with the unenviable task of presiding over two rotten entities: the ANC and the government. And he thought he was winning something! The first real matter at hand is the national government he will inherit. It is a lovely old mansion, but it is only a veneer as the termites have eaten everything. Without immediate remedial action, it will fall down on all of us. So Ramaphosa has a few choices: he "redeploys" President Jacob Zuma so he can start his own show until the 2019 election. By doing this he will demonstrate what he is capable of achieving as president, if elected. Otherwise, he...
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