Cyril – our hopes and fears

Cyril Ramaphosa inherited a mess and has already started to clean up by appointing competent people in top positions who know the difference between right and wrong (YOU, 15 March). We expect them to be fair and honest servants of the public. HAPPY THAT JZ HAMBA’D, LYNNWOOD GLEN

Being a young citizen, I’m not really sure how I feel about the future of this country. First of all, South Africa is known for its diversity and culture but lately it seems the country has become more divided. We need to learn to forgive and move on.

I hope our new president will be able to bring about these positive changes. We need a leader to lead us towards greatness again! AKEEFA JATTIEM, EMAIL

I wanted Cyril Ramaphosa to be president after Madiba, but God had other plans. I’m not worried that he’s surrounded by vultures. He’s intelligent and has integrity, so he’ll be able to manoeuvre his way to serving the country.

God bless you, Mr President, and grant you strength to serve the people with respect and diligence. ZET, PHUTHADITJHABA

The recent jubilation about Ramaphosa becoming our new president is dangerously misplaced. Yes, he’s better than Zuma, but anyone, anyone, is better than the awful Zuma.

It must be remembered that Ramaphosa wants to expropriate land without compensation. This will be devastating to our economy, in particular our agriculture. CONCERNED, EMAIL

We hear politicians preaching the expropriation of land without compensation but they don’t say how that will reduce unemployment and boost the economy. We need to be careful not to drive our farmers away from their land and install people who won’t use the land to produce food.

For the land expropriation programme to be a success, people who are farming on the land must be left to feed the nation.

Unless redistributed land is used to create jobs, the government can never claim expropriation is a success. M SEREPO, MAMELODI EAST