Vol 62 No 22 | 
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	     ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has been personally hit by the results although his defenders have said that his national popularity has saved his party from a more severe drubbing...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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            Vol 62 No 22 | 
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	    The elections in South Africa's 278 municipalities on 1 November are a 'now or never moment' for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to win back the confidence of the people  President Cyril Ramaphosa told closing campaign rallies...
	 
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	     South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not attend due to local elections due on the following day  but his government will send one of the continent's biggest delegations...
	 
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            Vol 62 No 21 | 
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	    For President Cyril Ramaphosa  the local elections on 1 November will be a referendum on his reforms and a sign of his party support a year before he stands for re-election as president of the governing African National Congress...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 62 No 21 | 
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	     The put-down came from ANC election chief Fikile Mbalula  who also serves as Transport Minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa's government...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Despite his past ownership of mining interests and links with the top companies  President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government will appeal the judgement...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 62 No 19 | 
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	     He has fairly cordial relations with President Cyril Ramaphosa  despite occasional sharp differences of opinion  particularly over the rules for Covid-19-related lockdowns...
 Cyril Ramaphosa's election has given the ANC a boost in the Western Cape  and thanks to favourable by-elections  it controls nine municipalities in the province...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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            Vol 62 No 19 | 
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	     It is also disorganised and demoralised by the internal feuding between supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa and ousted leader Jacob Zuma  who was sentenced to 18 months gaol for contempt of court...
	 
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            Vol 62 No 18 | 
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	    President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned the African National Congress that a judicial commission headed by Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo – which enjoys the support of the President and the ANC – will portray the ANC government as 'corrupt and incompetent' in a long-awaited report...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Political butterflyThe affair came just after a court dismissed the so-called 'Butterfly' case  in which the government tried to prosecute Welheminah Maswabi aka 'Butterfly'  a former intelligence agent  in a case that appeared to implicate South African billionaire Brigitte Motsepe-Radebe  President Cyril Ramaphosa's sister-in-law  in money-laundering (AC Vol 61 No 17  Bridgette's border war escalates)...