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Backstabbers limit Ramaphosa

Article Richard Calland - 20 Dec 2019

The ANC is stronger electorally but is still too weak to help the president make the decisions the country’s many crises demand

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DA, EFF lack the muscle to keep the ANC in check

Article Richard Calland - 21 Nov 2019

And their travails strengthen the scoundrel hand of the anti-Ramaphosa wing of the ruling party

Political leadership is in a mess

Article Richard Calland - 25 Oct 2019

Ironically enough, a potent drive for reform of the capitalist system will come from the private sector

The heat is on to find global saviours

Article Richard Calland - 13 Sep 2019

We face a current crisis unlike any other in history — this one affects everyone everywhere

Cyril must show who is boss – quickly

Article Richard Calland - 22 Aug 2019

There is no time for indecisiveness – the president is up against thugs and needs to muscle up to win

Getting rid of Mkhwebane won’t be easy

Article Richard Calland - 24 Jul 2019

Different factions with vested interests are aligning to protect the destructive protector

Failure to fix the economy will undo Cyril

Article Richard Calland - 1 Jul 2019

The president can get rid of the loathsome political figures but he can’t control everything

A tale of two countries in uncertain days

Article Richard Calland - 5 Apr 2019

It is the best of times, the worst of times, but also the most dangerous of times for South Africa and Britain

Is Cyril on a slow train to nowhere?

Article Richard Calland - 22 Mar 2019

In a country desperate for solutions, the electorate is indifferent and parties are fighting themselves

Ramaphosa and the Thatcherite moment of truth

Article Richard Calland - 28 Feb 2019

Cyril Ramaphosa is no Margaret Thatcher but he is having to determine the same issue: Who runs the country?

Elections 2019 will test SA’s value system

Article Richard Calland - 30 Nov 2018

The president and his party face a difficult time in the months ahead and the outcome is far from certain

A rogue Zuma could be catastrophic

Article Richard Calland - 21 Sep 2018

Cyril Ramaphosa’s future depends on getting a result above 60% in the upcoming elections

But when will we see the money?

Article Richard Calland - 22 Jun 2018

Risk-versus-reward uncertainty hamstrings any Ramaphoric investment rush

Gordhan could be Ramaphosa’s clean-up man

Article Richard Calland - 15 Feb 2018

The new president has tough decisions to make but Sisulu or Pandor are a shoo-in for his deputy

Student protest signals a sea change for SA

Analysis Richard Calland - 6 Nov 2015

How the country navigates the next two years will either rock or steady the ship.

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