A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Can someone please give Ramaphosa a real tour of Joburg?

President Cyril Ramaphosa's late night galavant in Joburg may have been curated but, if he was really paying attention, could be a start.

Lying on the cold pavement, clutching what little possessions they have, the homeless of Johannesburg are often kept awake by fear and the terror the city holds at night.

Roads were no doubt closed and cleaned a little before the president’s visit, but a true unannounced visit would have been halted within minutes by a broken traffic light or jaywalkers swarming his convoy. He is the leader of a political party that has been in charge of the city for most of the last thirty years, and under his presidency, the decline has continued, if not accelerated.

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