Ramaphosa may have won the leadership battle but he's lost the ideological one

11 March 2018 - 00:00
By barney mthombothi AND Barney Mthombothi

With the country basking in Cyril Ramaphosa's much-vaunted new dawn and Jacob Zuma's reign slowly receding from memory, one important aspect of our politics seems to have been forgotten: Ramaphosa may have won the mantle of leadership, but he's actually lost the battle of ideas within his party.

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