NEWS ANALYSIS: Cyril Ramaphosa will have to embrace some awkward bedfellows
He cannot afford any Schadenfreude because KwaZulu-Natal is still a serious problem for the ANC
19 December 2022 - 22:04
President Cyril Ramaphosa will be happy with his second Nasrec victory, notwithstanding his small margin of victory. In the short term, he may take comfort from the thorough whipping of KwaZulu-Natal, the province that led the onslaught against him, serving as a base for Zweli Mkhize’s campaign.
He is surrounded by familiar faces in the ANC top seven, from Gwede Mantashe, the national chair, to Gwen Ramokgopa, the new treasurer-general. These politicians were instrumental to his second-term victory...
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