But the financial legacy of the pandemic damage done by state capture under former President Jacob Zuma and rising inflation from the fall-out of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have left it with limited options (AC Vol 64 No 14 ANC leaders wade into new ethics row & Vol 64 No 13 Kyiv and Moscow give peace mission short shrift)...

But the timeline has been stretched out as officials grapple with worsening power shortages mostly caused by corruption and mismanagement of Eskom during Jacob Zuma's presidency...

But getting rid of Mkhwebane with her links to ex-President Jacob Zuma is more of a political win for Ramaphosa showing his strength in parliament and the party's national executive committee...

'If another group of people attempted to capture the state ' as happened during the nine-year rule of President Jacob Zuma 'they would succeed because Parliament would again fail to stop them ' Zondo said at a conference on 22 June to assess the impact of the commission's report (AC Vol 63 No 14 Zondo's game changer)...

Ex-President Jacob Zuma had strong relations with King Mswati and married into the royal family...

' Former president Jacob Zuma's allies and the so-called Radical Economic Transformation grouping have all been alienated from the new alliances (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...

After spending his first term fending off a rebellion from supporters of ousted President Jacob Zuma President Cyril Ramaphosa should now be able to sack all those ministers and top officials suspected of grand corruption and political sabotage...

But he's contending with plenty of other risks: the power and water crises which are pushing ANC voter support off a cliff; the machinations of ousted President Jacob Zuma's supporters within and outside the ANC; and the threat of legal action against him over the Phala Phala hidden cash saga (AC Vol 63 No 15 Sofa cash saga levels the ethical scores)...