A monthly column by Luphumlo Joka Note: This column was written yesterday — before Jacob Zuma announced his resignation as president and Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as his successor, and before further developments in the Gupta raids saga (see latest updates at going to press — https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/hawks-hunt-three-more-linked-to-gupta-raids-13300061 and http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/16/hawks-call-on-fugitive-ajay-gupta-to-hand-himself-over) I […]
Tag: Cyril Ramaphosa
ANC must remove President Zuma says Anglican archbishop
Originally published in Ecumenical News The new leadership of the African National Congress should replace Jacob Zuma as national president as soon as possible, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has said in a Christmas message. Speaking during his Christmas Eve sermon at the St George’s Cathedral, Makgoba […]
Cyril Ramaphosa: Seven facts South Africans need to know — INcontext International
By Mike Burnard, INcontext International Amid chaotic scenes in Johannesburg on Monday evening, December 18 2018, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was elected president of the African National Congress (ANC) by a margin of 179 votes over Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former wife of the South African president, Jacob Zuma. The decision by […]
Who really won? — Mike Pothier
By Mike Pothier, SA Catholic Bishops Conference Parliamentary Liaison Office The most obvious winner at the ANC’s elective conference last night was Cyril Ramaphosa. Recent opinion polls suggest that his win would have been extremely popular among rank and file ANC supporters too, and most certainly among South Africans as […]
ANC conference — Who climbed the ladder? What ladder are you climbing? — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
Who climbed on top of who to get to the very top of the ladder? Who used who? In the words of Toko Xasa, ANCWL national spokesperson, as well as league president, Bathabile Dlamini there has been a lot of blame shifting for the outcome of the results of the […]