D-Day looms for Ramaphosa
The May 29 poll is as much a ballot on the president as it is on the ANC. It will seal the terms of the final chapter of his political career
23 May 2024 - 05:02
Imagine the scene: President Cyril Ramaphosa is reaching for a pen. Not to sign a controversial piece of legislation in a cynical last-minute move to win voters for a beleaguered ANC, but to sign his resignation letter.
Like a scene in a Caravaggio painting, one group of plotters is in the shadows waiting to pounce, nudging the pen in his direction, while another cluster is pulling his arm back, whispering in his ear that he must stay, “in the national interest”. ..
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