Cyril Ramaphosa

“That sense mounted in his second term as president, when Namibia became linked to the cash heist at South African president Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm.”

“The Endorsement of Zimbabwe's disputed polls by regional leaders like Hage Geingob, Phillipe Nyusi and Cyril Ramaphosa exposes the double-standards of the old-boys fraternal politics.”

“In 2019, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa inherited a cabinet of 36 – including deputy ministers – from former president Jacob Zuma and reduced it to 28”

“The South African president is facing certain political demise stemming from an incident in which private money of his was stolen from his Phala Phala game farm.”

“An independent parliamentary panel has determined that Ramaphosa should formally answer serious constitutional violations for exposing himself to a conflict of interest, doing paid work outside of government and abusing his powers by asking Namibian authorities to conceal the crime on his farm.”

“Our new book, 'The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in an Age of Crisis', assesses the leadership of South Africa's five post-apartheid presidents – Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa.”

“But, as serious as the problem of corruption is, it is not our only problem. When our complex social and economic problems are reduced to a question of corruption, president Cyril Ramaphosa, an oligarch bereft of any political imagination who, in some ways, seems increasingly invested in something like a self-imposed structural adjustment programme as the solution to our economic problems, can appear to be a salvific figure.”

“President Cyril Ramaphosa hasn't been helped by ANC cliques that, like the EFF, advocate for a more rigorous expropriative policy.”

“President Cyril Ramaphosa hasn't been helped by ANC cliques that, like the EFF, advocate for a more rigorous expropriative policy.”

“The last several weeks have also underscored the provisional nature of Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency, and the immensely detailed choreography required from him if he hopes to mince his way through his party's warring impulses.”