Cometh the hour
Inside Ramaphosa's plan to wrestle the presidency
Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have lost his reticence to enter the race for ANC president. But does he have what it takes to claim the prize?
Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have lost his reticence to enter the race for ANC president. But does he have what it takes to claim the prize? As the rain pelted down, Cyril Ramaphosa looked on from the back of a truck, a makeshift stage from which the leaders of the alliance addressed the crowd gathered in Mpumalanga to commemorate Workers’ Day. Ramaphosa’s campaign to lead the ANC had unofficially got off the ground two weeks earlier, when he delivered a fiery speech in memory of slain SACP general secretary Chris Hani and succinctly outlined his campaign manifesto. Now, finally, the nuts and bolts of Ramaphosa’s presidential bid could be unpacked. Cosatu deputy president Tyotyo James gestured at Ramaphosa, declaring that workers needed look no further — their future president stood before them.It was not difficult to miss the beginning of the #CR17 campaign. It was in a way fitting that it began at an SACP event. When Ramaphosa contested for the position of secretary-general of the ANC...
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