Cyril Ramaphosa
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
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Jun 5, 2026
Far Left
The Phala Phala trial is ongoing, with alleged mastermind Imanuwela David being grilled about a R253,000 dental makeover funded after the 2020 farm robbery, keeping Ramaphosa's scandal in the headlines.
The EFF has consistently demanded Ramaphosa's removal over Phala Phala, arguing the robbery and its cover-up represent presidential corruption that disqualifies him from office.
Jun 5, 2026
Far Right
As President of the GNU coalition, Ramaphosa bears executive responsibility for South Africa's preparedness posture in response to the escalating Ebola outbreak in neighbouring DRC.
ActionSA and FF+ voters are deeply skeptical that Ramaphosa's administration has the urgency or bureaucratic competence to enact meaningful border screening or public health containment before a crisis arrives on South African soil.
Jun 5, 2026
Lean Right
Ramaphosa is under fire for signing the Land Expropriation Act into law and for the ANC's continued resistance to meaningful state-owned enterprise reform, particularly at Eskom and Transnet.
From the DA perspective, Ramaphosa represents a president who talks reform but governs through ANC factional compromise, using the GNU as political cover while advancing policies the DA explicitly opposes.
Jun 5, 2026
Center
Ramaphosa is under pressure to hold the GNU together while managing ANC factions hostile to DA influence in cabinet.
Centre observers credit him with keeping the coalition intact but criticize his tendency to delay hard decisions on fiscal reform and Eskom accountability.