LETTER: A coalition of national unity is needed
Anti-corruption groupings and the opposition should join forces with the president and the good in the ANC
20 June 2019 - 05:00
I have been carefully optimistic since President Cyril Ramaphosa’s election, well aware that he is taking his own “long walk” in the footsteps of former president Nelson Mandela, one that is in a sense perhaps even more challenging.
People who did not expect Ramaphosa to be facing the sort of challenges he is facing now were either ill-informed or politically naive. The tentacles of state capture went deep and wide and confidence was at a low. Realistic observers accordingly predicted that things could get worse before getting better...
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