Cyril Ramaphosa's rise to power has been greeted enthusiastically by most South Africans. Their hope is that the new president represents a leadership cohort within the governing African National Congress (ANC) that's capable of reversing the toxic legacies of Jacob Zuma's presidency.
Under Ramaphosa, the government is proving forceful in beginning to dismantle Zuma's patronage networks in both party and state, determined in battling corruption. The new administration is also offering hope that South Africa can pursue a more viable economic trajectory.
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