Ramaphosa is a mortally wounded buffalo

President must start putting the people before his divided party

24 July 2022 - 00:01

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nonsensical proposal to create another state-owned entity (SOE) to generate power, after the spectacular failure of Eskom to keep the lights on, shows he is heavily wounded by the farmgate affair and must now pander to narrow ANC factional interests to shore up support to secure his second term as ANC president...

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