What is the future of the current government of national unity — and the ANC — when President Cyril Ramaphosa goes? Who are the front-runners to succeed him and what will their impact on the ANC’s ideological orientation and strategic direction be?

The party’s national executive committee admitted at the weekend that, following a “brutal” assessment of its electoral performance, it had reached the conclusion many of us have been warning its arrogant leaders about for years: if it does not grow the economy, stem corruption, and renew itself, then it will continue to wither and die. ..