Cyril’s NPA cleanup: can he prevail against Zuma faction’s challenges?

25 September 2019 - 07:00 By Karyn Maughan
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Has President Cyril Ramaphosa been outplayed and outgunned by the Jacob Zuma nationalist faction in the ANC?
Has President Cyril Ramaphosa been outplayed and outgunned by the Jacob Zuma nationalist faction in the ANC?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has defended his right to reverse his predecessor Jacob Zuma’s appointment of five of the National Prosecuting Authority’s most powerful officials.

This comes as the president fights a number of court challenges to his efforts to restructure the embattled state prosecutions body.

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