Columns 19.8.2019 09:17 am

ANC vultures are circling over Cyril Ramaphosa

The current political crisis around the private funding of Ramaphosa’s campaign should be understood within a certain context.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s future as the leader of the ANC and South Africa is uncertain – he has his back against the wall and his ideological and political opponents from within the ANC are on the offensive.

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