Newsletter| Ramaphosa is confined to a party organisational structure that has power-assisted disc brakes ready to stop corrective moves he might make. We need to temper our optimism about what he can deliver at least up to 2022, writes Thabang Motsohi
This is because all voters are keenly aware that South Africa desperately needs a new direction that can provide hope for a better future for all to put an end to what they have endured up to now.And given the current crop of political leaders, it will be very diffic
If the voters decide firmly to put its trust in him notwithstanding the hateful structural patronage and corruption that defines the ANC, they will expect actions and results that he might not reasonably be able to deliver because of the constraining governance structure of his party. The notion that the integrity committee has the power and authority to clean the list of potential candidates after the election is without foundation.
He also faces the danger, as others have postulated, of fighting the real possibility of a recall as more leaders in the NEC fall victim to the invigorated National Prosecuting Authority that is determined to restore and promote law and order.It's Zuma vs Ramaphosa in the voting stakes, and here's who ANC prefers
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