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WILL RAMAPHOSA’S CREDIBILITY WITHSTAND SCRUTINY FROM THE ZONDO COMMISSION?

BY THE time President Cyril Ramaphosa appears at the state capture commission he will have used all the aces up his sleeves. If this was a battle, it was one for him to lose. Never have forces and political developments been so aligned in favour of an individual.

The first ace up his sleeve is that he can count on the increasingly favourable media to back him. Ours is a toxic media environment in which certain individuals are sacrosanct. They can do no wrong.

Their glaring failures or transgressions are either explained away or considered

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