/ 8 December 2022

Supporting Ramaphosa is an unpalatable but necessarily defensive line for the left in South Africa

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The democratic features of our society that do exist are under constant threat from within the ruling party and by the criminal networks linked to it.

But backing the president is a useless strategy if the left can’t pull together, be open new ideas and find a way to get in tune with the majority

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