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ANALYSIS: Cyril’s secrets show they’re all rotten, and it’ll get messier

21 August 2019 - 05:53 By ranjeni munusamy
Ranjeni Munusamy Associate editor: analysis
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Ranjeni Munusamy says, because Ramaphosa was the one who asked for the documents to be sealed, the presidency and his team cannot respond to the litany of revelations and allegations in the public domain.
Ranjeni Munusamy says, because Ramaphosa was the one who asked for the documents to be sealed, the presidency and his team cannot respond to the litany of revelations and allegations in the public domain.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s strategy to have bank statements linked to the CR17 campaign sealed by the high court has backfired.

Now that there is an equal distribution of guilt in the ANC, he must either stop prosecutions of political heavyweights or face a continued onslaught that could collapse his presidency.

Sunday Times Politics Weekly | CR17: Did Ramaphosa buy his position in the ANC?

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