Cyril is moving fast to restore hope

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been in office for three months now and, when one looks at the rate in which things have changed in the country, it shows that the president has hit the ground running.

There was a cabinet reshuffle immediately after he came into office, and the ministers that were close to the Gupta family were fired.

Though the economy is still not stable, he has prioritised it by appointing skilled and capable envoys to drive the campaign to lure investors back in the country in the belief that foreign investment will boost job creation.

Ramaphosa has also stabilised stateowned entities by dissolving underperforming boards, thus winning back the confidence of investors and the public. He has also intervened in the SA Revenue Service saga by suspending the compromised commissioner, Tom Moyane.

As the leader of the ANC he is the face of the movement. However, the party is still stuck in pre-Nasrec faction wars as we saw recently with the Free State ANC conference, divisions in North West between the backers of Supra Mahumapelo and those who support the removal of the premier from office.

KZN is also divided with former president Jacob Zuma being accorded some kind of special treatment that on its own makes our beloved ANC to be at war with itself. The ANC must put its house in order before 2019 elections.

Lesego Raymond Shabangu

Soshanguve