The laundry list of challenges confronting South Africa is a massive headache for Cyril Ramaphosa heading into governing-party elections in December and a national vote in 2024.
Since taking over as president in early 2018 from Jacob Zuma, whose almost nine-year tenure was characterized by the wholesale looting of taxpayer funds, he’s struggled to turn the country and state finances around.
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe joined the chorus of criticism over how the country is being run, and warned that the African National Congress is in danger of losing its majority in the 2024 election. Ramaphosa is also in a personal bind. The nation’s former spy chief, Arthur Fraser, has accused him of concealing the theft of foreign currency from his game farm in 2020, a matter that’s being looked into by the police, the graft ombudsman and lawmakers.
“We have attracted people who want to come into the ranks of the ANC and know nothing about the policies of the ANC” and are intent on stealing public resources, Mbeki said in an Oct. 22Despite all his travails, Ramaphosa remains the front-runner in the ANC’s leadership race after securing the backing of its top officials in several of the nine provinces. A clearer picture of his support will emerge in the coming weeks, as the party’s branches finalize their nominations.
Ongoing street protests show there’s been no letup in public anger over rampant poverty and poor government services.
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