HOW CYRIL SURVIVED ONSLAUGHT

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa survived an attack on his leadership after he pledged to subject himself to the internal process of the integrity commission. This was after his opponents in the party placed him under pressure, saying he had no moral authority to speak out about ending corruption when he was hiding financial details regarding his #CR17 campaign in 2017.

This weekend’s national executive committee (NEC) had a dramatic build-up after former president Jacob Zuma and his radical economic transformation brigade stepped up public attacks on Ramaphosa, criticising him for his letter last week in which he said the ANC was “accused number one” in corruption.

In a pre-emptive strike during his political overview, Ramaphosa said he had requested to appear before the integrity commission to explain the allegations of vote buying relating to his #CR17