Fiasco looms if Ramaphosa is forced to step aside

It would create a political and constitutional crisis South Africa is simply not prepared for

13 November 2022 - 00:01

It may sound unreal but we could be within days of the end of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency of the ANC and the country. According to the rules, a panel, appointed by National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in the wake of the scandal around the theft of a large amount of cash from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo, had 30 days to report from its constitution on October 19...

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