By being soft on Cosatu, Cyril is dooming SA to hard times

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been applauded for putting his detractors on notice, warning those in the ANC plotting in “dark corners” to desist from doing so.

Perhaps Ramaphosa believes that by publicly shaming his opponents in the ANC, they will retreat. They will not.

Because what they really needed to hear at Cosatu’s 13th national congress was some straight talk about South Africa’s troubles.

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