The sad mutation of a former master negotiator
Once the nation’s embodiment of hope, today Ramaphosa’s attempts to give us hope induce consternation and distress
19 February 2023 - 00:02
Once the nation’s most eloquent, lucid and self-assured political communicator, trudging, alongside those with raised fists yearning for freedom, then with a motley crew anxious about loss of power, Cyril Ramaphosa was the early 1990s man of the moment...
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