Campaigners have looked longingly to South Africa to provide the final nudge to convince the monarch and his backers that their time had come but were disappointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa's protocol-bound visit to the king on 2 November (see Box Why regional states stand on the sidelines)...

Why regional states stand on the sidelines President Cyril Ramaphosa took time out from the key South African local elections to visit Mbabane for a 'working visit' to King Mswati III on 2 November...

Cyril Ramaphosa has called on developed economies to help fund the energy transition in developing economies as South Africa's struggle to wean itself off coal sets him against one of his closest political allies and the public punishes the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in local government elections (AC Vol 62 No 22 ANC slumps to record low as voters stay away)...

Since the establishment of his Presidential Climate Change Co-ordinating Committee in December last year President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cajoling his pro-coal colleagues and allies from the ANC's trade union and communist wings to support accelerated targets for phasing out fossil fuels...

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...

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...

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...

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...