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A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

DONE and dusted. Over and out. Goodbye. When Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma lost the ANC leadership contest to Cyril Ramaphosa back in 2017 many people thought that was the end of the road for the politician.

But in a move that few anticipated, Ramaphosa invited former president Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife into his cabinet. And their relationship is now firmly in the spotlight after she seemingly contradicted a decision he’d made.

The president had announced the controversial lockdown ban on cigarette sales

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