BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI: A lingering Zuma makes Ramaphosa seem weak
'Can Zuma deliver the state of the nation address next month without tarnishing Ramaphosa's reputation or even rendering him weak and feeble?'
Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa looked like two happy siblings as they stood smiling in the snow in Davos this week. Their wardrobes also seemed to have been choreographed: dark suits, white shirts, reddish ties and the obligatory scarves denoting the colours of their respective countries, which everybody seems fond of wearing at the World Economic Forum. And their message to the forum was similar; even the form of words used was identical. Mnangagwa: Zimbabwe is open for business. Ramaphosa: South Africa is open for business.They were like twins joined at the hip, and indeed they are. The fates of their countries are obviously tied together, but their whole Davos trip is an unmistakable, almost unapologetic, rebuke of the sins of the administrations of which they were not an insignificant part. Even Ramaphosa's overall message of renewal is a disavowal of what's going on in the country at the moment. Here they were in Davos, the epicentre of capitalism, pleading with moguls ...
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