Cyril Ramaphosa Archives - Page 13 of 16

Why Zweli Mkhize declined deputy ANC president nomination

Outgoing ANC treasurer general Zweli Mkhize turned down nomination for the position of party deputy president after striking a deal with Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza‚ sources said. Mkhize stunned ANC conference delegates when he took to the podium in Nasrec on Sunday night to withdraw his candidature at the eleventh hour‚ despite being nominated by 193 branches. TimesLIVE understands that Mkhize's backers had reached a similar deal with deputy president […]

18 December 2017

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Cyril will lead ANC, says Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has put his head on the block about who will win the ANC's hotly contested leadership race this weekend. Malema suggested on Thursday that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would be the ruling party's next president. The ANC is meeting from Saturday to Wednesday to decide its future. A new leader is expected to be announced by Sunday. "For those asking for my predictions, I think he […]

15 December 2017

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Zuma to appeal ruling that Ramaphosa should appoint new prosecutions boss

President Jacob Zuma will appeal a high court ruling that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa should be the one to appoint a new National Director of Public Prosecutions. A full bench of the North Gauteng High Court found that Zuma cannot appoint a new prosecutions boss because there is a conflict in that the NPA is deciding whether to bring back charges of fraud and corruption against Zuma. The court gave […]

14 December 2017

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Should it be CR or NDZ? What ANC leaders say

Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has criticised ANC presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa for being two-faced towards President Jacob Zuma and warns that there is “danger” about him. “I sit with them [Ramaphosa and Zuma] in the national executive committee (NEC), national working committee (NWC) and Cabinet and you see them laughing and sharing sweets from the president. The president is like Father Christmas, he always carries sweets and they laugh. […]

10 December 2017

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Buying votes is a ‘new disease’ in the ANC: Ramaphosa

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that buying votes is a “new disease” gripping the ANC. “It is concerning to a point where it is going to dilute democracy within our organisation‚” Ramaphosa said on Thursday night on the Karima Brown Show on Radio 702. “We’ve been hearing stories that people are being approached with loads of money and some of it ranges from like R50‚000 per delegate‚ R100‚000 per […]

8 December 2017

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Ramaphosa has edge over Dlamini-Zuma

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa won endorsement from most African National Congress branches to succeed President Jacob Zuma as ruling party leader, giving him an edge — but not a guarantee of victory — in this month’s election. Ramaphosa was nominated for the presidency of the ANC by 1,862 branches, while 1,309 backed his main rival Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, tallies released by the party’s nine provincial structures and collated by Bloomberg show. […]

5 December 2017

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Ramaphosa condemns threats against MPs

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday condemned threats against members of parliament inquiring into allegations of state capture at power utility Eskom. “We will not accept that people should be threatened and abused simply because they are doing their job, a job they were elected for,” Ramaphosa told the Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PGA). The deputy president lauded Parliament for starting to take its “activist” role seriously, referring […]

30 November 2017

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FBI probe damning, says Cyril

Presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa has called on authorities to fast-track investigations into state capture. Speaking at the Cadres Assembly in Mahikeng, North West, on Sunday, Ramaphosa urged state institutions not be overtaken by the FBI, which has opened an investigation into the Gupta family's involvement in state capture. "The FBI is now investigating us because the perception is that South Africa is seen as a corrupt country because the state […]

23 October 2017

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Ramaphosa could be next to go in cabinet reshuffle‚ says insider

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa could be the next casualty of a cabinet reshuffle‚ an insider has told news channel eNCA. James Motlatsi‚ who formed the powerful National Union of Mineworkers with Ramaphosa and others‚ said he had learnt that President Jacob Zuma would use an intelligence report to justify axing Ramaphosa. “Let me say to you‚ unconfirmed reports are saying that [this will happen] very soon. This issue‚ Cyril even […]

18 October 2017

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