Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa
Born	Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa 17 November 1952 Soweto, South Africa
Alma mater	University of Limpopo, University of South Africa
Children	4
Spouse	Tshepo Motsepe
Member of	WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1993
Party	African National Congress
President of South Africa  President of South Africa In office 15 February 2018 - Present Preceded by Jacob Zuma  President of the African National Congress  In office 18 December 2017 - Present Preceded by Jacob Zuma  Deputy President of South Africa In office 26 May 2014 - 15 February 2018  Deputy President of the African National Congress In office 18 December 2012 - 18 December 2017  Secretary General of the African National Congress In office 1 March 1991 - 18 December 1997

Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African politician. He is the fifth and current President of South Africa, as a result of the resignation of Jacob Zuma, having taken office following a vote of the National Assembly on 15 February 2018.

Previously an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman, he was the Deputy President of South Africa from 2014 to 2018. He was elected President of the African National Congress (ANC) at the ANC National Conference in Nasrec, South of Johannesburg in December 2017.

Ramaphosa is also the Chairman of the National Planning Commission, which is responsible for strategic planning for the future of South Africa, with the goal of rallying the nation "around a common set of objectives and priorities to drive development over the longer term".

Rand billionaire

Ramaphosa has been called a skilful negotiator and strategist who acted as the ANC's Chief Negotiator during South Africa's transition to democracy. Ramaphosa built up the biggest and most powerful trade union in South Africa – the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He played a crucial role, with Roelf Meyer of the National Party, during the negotiations to bring about a peaceful end to apartheid and steer the country towards its first fully democratic elections in April 1994. Ramaphosa was Nelson Mandela's choice for future president. Today, Ramaphosa is well known as a businessman and has an estimated net worth of over R6.4 billion ($550 million) as of 2017, with 31 properties and previously held notable ownership in companies such as McDonald's South Africa, chair of the board for MTN Group and member of the board for Lonmin.

Businessman

Despite his credentials as an important proponent of South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy, he has also been widely criticised for the conduct of his business interests although he has never been indicted for illegal activity in any of these controversies. Controversial business dealings include acting as Chairperson for the MTN Group during the MTN Irancell scandal when a disgruntled former employee, Mr Chris Kilowan, alleged that the organisation had bribed officials in Iran, however the Hoffmann Commission's finding concluded: "The committee exonerated MTN and found that Mr Kilowan who had given two statements in arbitration proceedings brought by Turkcell against the Islamic Republic of Iran and a deposition in the United States proceedings against MTN was in the words of the committee 'shown to be a fantasist and a conspiracy theorist'"; his joint venture with Glencore and allegations of benefitting illegally from coal deals with Eskom which he has staunchly denied, during which Glencore was in the public spotlight for its tendentious business activities involving Tony Blair in the Middle East; and his employment on the board of directors of Lonmin while taking an active stance when the Marikana Massacre took place on Lonmin's Marikana premises. On 15 August 2012 he called for action against the Marikana miners' strike, which he called "dastardly criminal" conduct that needed "concomitant action" to be taken. He later admitted and regretted his involvement in the act and said that it could have been avoided if contingency plans had been made prior to the labour strike. He is a member of the Venda ethnic group and the first President of South Africa from that group.

 

A Document by Cyril Ramaphosa

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Uniting Behind A People’s Vaccine Against COVID-19	open letter	14 May 2020	"COVID-19/Vaccine"	A number of deep state operatives, including 14 Bilderbergers, calling for the creation of infrastructure to rapidly jab everyone in the world.

 

Appointments by Cyril Ramaphosa

Appointee	Job	Appointed	Description
Donald Kaberuka	African Union/Special Envoy/Covid-19	12 April 2020
Trevor Manuel	African Union/Special Envoy/Covid-19	12 April 2020
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	African Union/Special Envoy/Covid-19	12 April 2020	Also GAVI/Chair
Tidjane Thiam	African Union/Special Envoy/Covid-19	12 April 2020	Bilderberg

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2018	23 January 2018	26 January 2018	Switzerland	~2200 of the super-rich meet to talk about "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:The Korea issue is now in the hands of the BRICS	Article	3 September 2017	Adam Garrie	"Simon says: 'There's a 7½-hour flight from the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China to Pyongyang, North Korea so if Sergei Lavrov and the Chinese FM took that flight together to meet Kim Jong-un, it would have huge impact, and get the ball rolling on dialogue'."

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