South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa considers future amid corruption scandal
BBC News, Johannesburg
There's no doubt that the case against Mr Ramaphosa was - at least to begin with - politically motivated. "There are questions that he has not been able to answer… about these huge sums of cash. He'd told us he'd put all these [businesses] in blind trust. I think he was very clumsy and careless… and out of touch," said Nomboniso Gasa, a political analyst.In the over-heated world of the ANC - a party so long in power that its furious internal feuds now feel more like open-warfare - the campaigning and jockeying are in full swing.
But could anyone in the current ANC leadership - so many tainted, themselves, by allegations of corruption - garner the levels of nationwide popular support that Mr Ramaphosa still enjoys? "I think South Africa has managed to establish very strong democratic shock absorbers, and [Mr Ramaphosa's resignation - if it happens, would be] exemplary for Africa - here's a leader who voluntarily resigned."Former President Jacob Zuma remains an influential figure in the country's politics
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