Episode 69 - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

In this latest episode of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I was joined by two excellent former journalists, Lance Claasen and Thabo Shole-Mashao, who now allegedly play in the murky worlds of public relations, communications and, who knows, reputational management (or uhm not)!

These combinations of skills and experiences made for a fascinating debate between the three of us about the political brand, and leadership strengths and weaknesses, of president Cyril Ramaphosa. 

Some of the questions (among many others) that we discussed included: why is Ramaphosa so indecisive? Is his presidency a failure? Can he yet rescue his own legacy? What explains his apparent tardiness in getting on with the business of government business? Or did we always have unrealistic expectations about his ability to overcome the inherent constraints that both the ANC and the state impose on any president ? And, what can he say in the State of the Nation Address this week to stop us all from falling into a deep coma? And by the way - has he in fact been doing better than some of us are claiming?!

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