Rebuilding trust is Ramaphosa’s next struggle
On the steps of Cape Town City Hall on 11 February to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison…
Cyril Ramaphosa
All the President’s men and women
It turns out there are clouds on the horizon in the ‘new dawn’ announced by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address….
Zuma is not enough. The ANC itself must be cleansed of corruption
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s unpopular president, has finally been removed. Yet the terms of his departure were deeply problematic. In what was a painfully tortuous process,…
Inheriting a divided ANC
Once Jacob Zuma finally steps down, Cyril Ramaphosa will inherit a deeply divided African National Congress (ANC) which many supporters have abandoned, a public…
Zexit: The formidable risks to weigh up
There are formidable risks preventing ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies from outrightly firing South African President Jacob Zuma. It is forcing him…
African democracies badly need a new generation of leaders – where are they?
In every single African country, young people make up the majority of the population – and they are generally very ill-served by their ageing…
What is next for South Africa’s ANC?
This video features an interview with Democracy Works Executive Chairperson, William Gumede, Mac Maharaj – the former presidential spokesman for Jacob Zuma and Nomboniso Gasa –…
On freedom, fact and falsehood
‘Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come’ Whispering ‘it will be happier…’ Tennyson One cannot help but be drawn by these…
The ANC is trying to out-populist the EFF
After its watershed 54th national conference weighed down by corruption, scandals and government failure, the ANC, for all practical purposes, faces the post-conference future almost…
The Great Negotiator, has his work cut out for him
Somewhere there is a photograph of Cyril Ramaphosa and Roelf Meyer taking a break during the constitutional negotiations, seemingly relaxed sans neck-ties. The picture belies the…
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