Cash in a Sofa Risks Bringing Down a President
Pedestrians walk past a mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Cape Town.
Photographer: Dwayne Senior/BloombergSo much for “Ramaphoria.”
Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to become South Africa’s president in February 2018 after winning an African National Congress election two months earlier brought with it a wave of optimism — one so striking that it merited its own name.