South Africa: Ramaphosa Can Renew South African Leadership By Recommitting to the ICC

6 February 2018
analysis

Re-engaging constructively with the ICC would underline the new ANC leader's commitment to principles that have been lost or threatened over the past decade.

With Cyril Ramaphosa's election as African National Congress (ANC) president, President Jacob Zuma's highly controversial reign in South Africa is coming to an end. Under Ramaphosa's leadership, change has been immediate: in the first few weeks of 2018 talks are already afoot for President Zuma to step down, serious steps have been taken to undo corruption in state-owned enterprises like Eskom (South Africa's dominant energy supplier), and Ramaphosa (not Zuma) was South Africa's representative at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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