TOM EATON | There are billions of reasons why Cyril won’t be affected either way

If president Ramaphosa puts ‘the country before himself’ it won’t be out of patriotism

01 December 2022 - 22:50

It was oddly fitting that this column was written several hours after deadline on Thursday evening without knowing whether Cyril Ramaphosa would resign: most of his presidency has involved South Africans rearranging their lives around ANC crises and waiting in the dark to see whether things are bad or worse...

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