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So many promises, Cyril, but SA is still a corrupt, captured mess

13 January 2020 - 09:08 By justice malala
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President Cyril Ramaphosa was full of promises on January 8 2018. File photo.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was full of promises on January 8 2018. File photo.
Image: ALON SKUY

It boggles the mind why journalists, analysts, business leaders and so many others who are interested in the future of our country still listen to the ANC’s January 8 statements.

Take Cyril Ramaphosa’s first January 8 statement: it felt genuine and from the heart. So what has happened to his list of Madiba-inspired 'tasks’? Where’s the urgency and determination?

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