Ramaphosa patiently lined up the firing squad for his own execution
The seeds of his downfall were planted at the beginning of his presidency when he told us his primary mission was to preserve the unity of the ANC
04 December 2022 - 00:03
Obituaries, I suspect, are in order. Whether President Cyril Ramaphosa resigns or stays is immaterial. Writing about him in the past tense is not an error. He’s probably toast — the fate of all well-meaning nice guys. The long game has caught up with him. The smart alecs among his supporters were telling us it was the mind of a shrewd strategist at work, while he was, in fact, crafting a long rope for his own neck...
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