Backtracking on cadre deployment: Ramaphosa missed his Kennedy moon shot moment
President Ramaphosa has chosen to oppose an application by the Democratic Alliance to have cadre deployment declared unlawful.
President Ramaphosa has chosen to oppose an application by the Democratic Alliance to have cadre deployment declared unlawful.
Zuma has sparked public outrage by demanding the recusal of Judge Zondo, and so threatening to derail the commission of inquiry into state capture.
This open letter to Ramaphosa captures the mood of the average long-suffering South African who has finally lost patience with the ANC.
The ANC’s Beatie Hofmeyr believes that those standing as independent candidates in 2024 will be the ‘rejects’ who lost leadership battles within political parties.
Whistleblower Athol Williams believes the UK government’s three-year ban imposed on controversial global consultancy firm Bain should be an embarrassment to the South African government and its inaction.
Proof that one person really can make a difference is news that Bain & Co has been banned from all UK government business for three years.
Ramaphosa committed to forging a social compact between SA’s economic role-players to ‘grow our economy, create jobs and combat hunger.’
The DA says Ramaphosa is blatantly abusing state resources to defend the corrupt cadre deployment policy that facilitated state capture.
The Zondo report is an example of transparency around intelligence abuses but lacks detailed recommendations to enable speedy prosecutions.
It’s highly unlikely Ramaphosa will risk provoking the ire of the party’s core constituency; the alliance unions and its grateful cadres.