JUSTICE MALALA | No Mr Nice Guy, Ramaphosa! Stop smiling with battle-ready insurgents

The president has for too long played the diplomatic game, but the ANC and more importantly SA are in danger

18 December 2022 - 20:46

On Friday afternoon President Cyril Ramaphosa ran into Jacob Zuma outside the hall where the plenary session of the ANC’s national conference was about to start. Ramaphosa reached out and shook Zuma’s hand, cracked a joke, laughed genially with his predecessor and headed into the centre. Why was Ramaphosa still making nice with a man who has over the past five years waged war with him?..

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