A year after bold promises, Cyril Ramaphosa’s weak spots are clear: taps and safety. The rest of the Cabinet tells a better story. Anything President Cyril Ramaphosa says in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, 12 February,…
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The president is fixing the system, but failing on the street, where citizens face repeated failure in local government, water, jobs and health. How is President Cyril Ramaphosa doing? On Thursday evening, he will say “it’s all good”. Some things…
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Fresh polling reveals a wide-open ANC succession battle — with surprise surges, shaky favourites and two women entering the field for the first time. While President Cyril Ramaphosa projected confidence at this week’s ANC National General Council (NGC) and consolidated…
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Despite the ‘challenges and misunderstandings’ that have arisen between SA and the US, the President says SA remains a ‘firm and unwavering friend to the American people’. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called US President Donald Trump’s false claims that South…
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Trump’s stayaway ended up being a net-positive as the meeting became another staging post for a trend in geopolitics. This is the continued rise of the middle powers, not as a bloc but as an interest and interesting group. On…
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