South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Cairo Summit for Peace in October 2023.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s messages, and tone of delivery, suggest an assertive leader representing the interests of the global south.
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa.
South Africa’s foreign policy under Ramaphosa emphasises economic diplomacy and ‘progressive internationalism’, which promotes global equity and ending the dominance of the global north.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa and leader of the governing party.
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The ANC has been using multiple tactics to fend off the looming calamity of not having Ramaphosa as its president, and that of the country, in the clear absence of a credible candidate to replace him.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in Harare in 2019.
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The ANC retains its determination to rule yet lacks the capacity to do so effectively. The only way out of the dilemma is its defeat in an election.
South Africa’s President and African National Congress (ANC) party President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts the cake during the ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
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Ramaphosa currently has no known rivals with widespread support within the African National Congress.
Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, former South African President FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela after signing a peace pledge ahead of the first democratic elections in 1994.
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This history covers twelve decades, from the surrender of Boer guerrillas in the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902 to the July 2021 looting spree and violence.
Election posters on street poles in Cape Town. The top one in Afrikaans says ‘Cape Town Works. Let’s do more’.
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The increased and diverse number of contestants shows a citizenry that is unwilling to leave its fate in the hands of ineffective incumbents.
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa as well as of the ruling party, the African National Congress.
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Ramaphosa is set to go down in the annals of history as an ANC president who presided over a tumultuous epoch in the party’s evolution.
South African President Cyril Ramaphoa.
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Ramaphosa is constrained by his tenuous control over South Africa’s governing party, the ANC.
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and the governing African National Congress.
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The most that may be hoped for from the party’s annual statement is evidence of a president who is confident, clear and courageous.
South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni, delivering his mid-term budget.
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A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.
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Election to the Security Council is prestigious for member states because it gives them a seat at the highest table of global decision-making.
Deputy President David Mabuza, right, could pose a potential threat from within the ANC to President Cyril Ramaphosa, left.
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The Cabinet signals to the Zuma faction that the Ramaphosa group believes their star is waning and that they are not strong enough to turn the tide.
President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath of office at his inauguation by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
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Ramaphosa couldn’t appoint people with a cloud over their heads, especially given his stated commitment to a clean and effective government.
A victory at the polls might not be enough to give President Cyril Ramaphosa the leeway to fix South Africa’s economy.
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Indications are that even an ANC victory at the polls is unlikely to reverse the party’s decline in popular support.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the governing ANC’s 2019 elections manifesto in Durban.
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The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
Former South African Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas gave damning evidence at the State capture commission.
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Unrealistic expectations about what commissions can achieve comes from the fact that they’re often confused with courts of law.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost his grip on the country’s criminal justice system.
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The axing of the prosecutions head follows sweeping changes to other king positions in the security cluster by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The appointment of South Africa’s national prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams has been declared invalid.
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country’s prosecuting authority has been compromised.