John Steenhuisen's centre-right Democratic Alliance made most of the compromises as his team negotiated over jobs and policies with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress to keep the GNU on the road...

The top table in the Government of National Unity The mandate given to the Government of National Unity by President Cyril Ramaphosa is to promote ‘inclusive economic growth create jobs and eliminate poverty and inequality' (AC Vol 65 No 13 The centre is holding – for now)...

LEANER AND MEANER – BUT STILL THE ANC The formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) has exposed the cracks in the African National Congress and intensified the power play ahead of the 2027 elective conference due in 2027 when Cyril Ramaphosa has to step down from the party presidency...

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on 7 July and congratulated him on the GNU...

‘What Cyril Ramaphosa has done really matters to the world ' he added...

A weeks-long hiatus in fighting – likely related to South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's meeting with President Paul Kagame on the margins of Rwanda's genocide commemorations – came to an end after the 3 May attack following which SAMIDRC resumed operations albeit with limited success...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has had a spring in his step ever since the results showing the African National Congress's share of the vote had slipped to 40...

A combination of lost digital versions of a draft statement of intent a mislaid laptop and a cracked smartphone meant that the final version with key amendments approved by Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies in the leadership of the African National Congress had not reached Zille in time for her to give the go-ahead to DA leader John Steenhuisen to agree to the GNU deal even as the elective session was under way in parliament...

Cyril Ramaphosa: As head of the National Union of Mineworkers more than 30 years ago Ramaphosa gained a reputation as a consummate negotiator...

The Government of National Unity deal is a return to form for Cyril Ramaphosa who helped negotiate the first post-apartheid coalition 30 years ago...

A bad choice by President Cyril Ramaphosa could split the ANC again perhaps terminally...

But when he arrived the following evening with an entourage the doors were locked and the perimeter of the Gallagher Convention Centre had been secured on police instructions not to let anyone in while President Cyril Ramaphosa was speaking...

Political parties rolled out the big guns including President Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen the DA leader in Cape Town...

The stance towards the BHP-Anglo plan adopted by David Masondo Deputy Finance Minister and chairman of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) focused on the market rather than strategic value of the entities is thought to reflect the views of President Cyril Ramaphosa...

In 2022 Mbeki said the ANC must face the reality that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have to 'face impeachment' over his role in the scandal over US$4 million in cash hidden in furniture at his Phala Phala game farm...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reprimanding ANC officials for the party's lacklustre campaign...