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The devil you know: Transition from Zuma to Ramaphosa hardly taught us anything

Richard Anthony Chemaly

It didn’t take long for President Outsource-to-Dlamini-Zuma to burn the unwarranted Ramaphoria.

Former President Jacob Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th ANC national conference in 2017. Photo: Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius

When Ramaphosa came to power, many were so excited to see the back of [former president Jacob] Zuma that it didn’t really matter what Cyril brought to the table. To top it off, he was wealthy, a businessman, and seemingly had ideas to make the country great again. Only his line was less Trumpian and more self-centred, which may seem impossible but “send me” may only rival the UK’s hopeful #ReadyForRishi in terms of terrible policy sloganing. Somehow, the transition out of Zuma hardly taught us anything. Every time I check Twitter there are calls for Cyril to leave and...

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