JUSTICE MALALA: On his third anniversary, what has Ramaphosa really done?
Three years after he ascended to power, the fine words are beginning to sound hollow. The promised ‘man of reform’ seems hostage to forces in the ANC he seems unwilling to tame
09 February 2021 - 07:00
On February 16 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first state of the nation address. The president’s traditional speech outlining the year’s political programme was a week late. The country had been a very different place the week before – Jacob Zuma was still president and was scheduled to deliver the speech.
But even the ANC had had enough of him by then. They showed him the door. Zuma tried to resist, but finally accepted the inevitable in a late-night address to the nation...
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