SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA: Ramaphosa clean up has only just begun
'People in his circle say the cleanup is only the beginning as Ramaphosa is expected to tighten his grip on government'
When President Cyril Ramaphosa flew into Luanda this week for talks with Angolan President João Lourenço, he might have half-expected he would have time to share notes on the art of removing corrupt dynasties from power without much resistance. Both men, after all, recently achieved what for years had seemed impossible - unseating powerful families who had turned their countries into fiefdoms. They have both inherited countries ravaged by years of corruption, economic mismanagement and dysfunctional criminal justice systems. To fix these would be a mammoth task. There are many differences in the manner in which Ramaphosa defeated the Zuma-Gupta dynasty to that followed by Lourenço, in freeing Angola from the stranglehold of the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos. But there are important similarities too.There was no "Ramaphoria" when Lourenço took over from Dos Santos in August, as critics saw him as nothing but a protector for the former president. But Lourenço move...
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