Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency (ANA) – Without a doubt, President Cyril Ramaphosa epitomises the empowered elite, a person who is at ease among the historically privileged. Yet Ramaphosa is also a leader who has promoted pro-poor administrative acts such as the R350 grant, says the writer.
By Isobel Frye:
THIS has been a most remarkable past few days as the world has watched at least two leaders fall, their rules brought to an end by the protests by ordinary people, people protesting that their leaders have brought their economy to its knees and that the soaring cost of living has made their lives unaffordable.
