Stormy new course for rainbow nation

A quarter of a century ago, Cyril Ramaphosa couldn't have imagined he was on the brink of securing the South African presidency.

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The ANC's new leader Cyril Ramaphosa
(Image credit: 2017 Gallo Images (PTY) LTD)

"Be patient," said Cyril Ramaphosa's allies when he lost out on becoming Nelson Mandela's deputy and probable successor in South Africa's new post-apartheid order in 1994. "Well, he has been," says the Financial Times. Not even in his gloomier moments could he have imagined he would wait nearly a quarter of a century to be on the brink of leading South Africa as he now is following his election as leader of the African National Congress (ANC).

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