President Cyril Ramaphosa says his party will win the 2024 national elections by an outright majority. He would be demented not to say that. Who enters a boxing ring telling the world that they expect a hiding or, at best, a draw?

Ramaphosa told editors, analysts, academics and a huge chunk of his cabinet in Sandton on Saturday September 2: “The ANC is going to achieve an outright majority ... Many people in our country still see the ANC as the only vehicle that can continue with the transformation process and make it better.”..

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