It is symbolically and politically important to Britain that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first leader to be hosted by King Charles III for a state visit from 22-24 November and that he is both a prominent leader in Africa and the Commonwealth (AC Vol 63 No 21 Truss and Ramaphosa try a crisis reset)...

Sources in the African National Congress say however that President Cyril Ramaphosa is now anxious to convince the world of his anti-corruption credentials and sending Chang back to Mozambique would do the opposite...

Discontent over the multiple powerful positions accumulated by African National Congress Secretary-General Paul Mashatile was behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision not to make him his running mate and to opt instead for Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu Africa Confidential understands...

8bn) in tender fraud at Eskom during the almost 10 years of rule by convicted former President Jacob Zuma the arrests are seen as a significant milestone in President Cyril Ramaphosa's joint commitment to zero tolerance of corruption and building economic growth analysts said...

Government officials lament the ailing railways and ports but there has been little visible progress since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his intention to create an independent National Ports Authority to regulate competition with private sector players ease the bottlenecks and boost revenue (AC Vol 63 No 7 Economic swings and roundabouts)...

Against this backdrop planning a state visit for President Cyril Ramaphosa to London on 22-24 November with its new heads of government and state may prove either to be inspired diplomacy or disastrously timed...

The decision by the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Africa's second biggest province and its largest reservoir of party members to choose former health minister Zweli Mkhize as its preferred candidate for party president has come as a shock to supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Senegalese President Macky Sall and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa also called for an end to Zimbabwean sanctions the former in a speech before the General Assembly saying the 'harsh measures continue to fuel a sense of injustice against an entire people'...

' ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa's plans for national renewal and economic reform were failing because the party is mired in its own corruption scandals and faction-fighting argued Zibi...

If President Cyril Ramaphosa and his favoured candidates win in December and the prosecutions of ousted President Jacob Zuma and his allies go ahead he should be able to fend off the RET's pressure ahead of the 2024 elections...