PART I: A radical blueprint for Ramaphosa’s Cabinet
https://mg.co.za/article/2019-05-22-a-radical-blueprint-for-ramaphosas-cabinet
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Ramaphosa saves the ANC’s bacon. But this could be its last chance
https://theconversation.com/ramaphosa-saves-the-ancs-bacon-but-this-could-be-its-last-chance-116903
Rating Ramaphosa: Why the president gets 62% for the job so far
https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/cover-story/2019-04-11-rating-ramaphosa-why-the-president-gets-62-for-the-job-so-far/
A tale of two countries in uncertain days
https://mg.co.za/article/2019-04-05-00-a-tale-of-two-countries-in-uncertain-days
Is Cyril on a slow train to nowhere?
https://mg.co.za/article/2019-03-22-00-is-cyril-on-a-slow-train-to-nowhere
Ramaphosa and the Thatcherite moment of truth
https://mg.co.za/article/2019-02-28-00-ramaphosa-and-the-thatcherite-moment-of-truth
So far, so good Cyril
‘Cyril Watch’, compiled by political risk consultancy The Paternoster Group, gives Cyril Ramaphosa 64% for his performance in his first 100 days as president. The group’s Richard Calland explains the score. https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/cover-story/2018-05-24-so-far-so-good-cyril/
The winner is unlikely to take it all
After a gruelling 11 months of campaigning, it is still not clear who will win the race to succeed Jacob Zuma as ANC president. https://mg.co.za/article/2017-12-14-anc54-the-winner-is-unlikely-to-take-it-all/
Power grab throws ANC off balance
Since 1994, power has shifted dramatically within the ANC. The ruling party’s electoral college, which in December will elect not only Jacob Zuma’s successor as leader of the party but also the all-important 80-member national executive committee (NEC), is notably different from two decades ago….
A Three-Layer Extrapolation for 2019 – Mining the Depth and Scope of the ANC Decline
THIS REPORT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED FOR THE ELECTORAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA (EISA) SOUTH AFRICA ELECTION UPDATE 2016 There has been much debate about the extent of, and the reasons for, the ANC's 'bad result' in the 'game-changing' August 2016 local government election....