Once again, the Rainbow Nation needs leadership. The search for it should start now
embodies the country’s modern history like Cyril Ramaphosa. As a trade-union boss in the 1980s he helped lead the struggle against apartheid. In the 1990s, as an aide to Nelson Mandela, he negotiated the shift to multiracial democracy. After liberation, Mr Ramaphosa grew fabulously wealthy, as the new ruling party,, pressed white-owned businesses to transfer equity to black capitalists. “Black economic empowerment”, as it was called, was legal but enriched only a well-connected few.
South Africa’s previous transitions—the scrapping of apartheid and the ousting of President Zuma—were helped along by pressure from churches,, think-tanks and businesses. They should speak out again, explaining the urgency of reform, compromise and the restoration of the rule of law. Mr Ramaphosa should set an example by telling the truth about “farmgate”.
The end of apartheid, often depicted as a miracle, was in fact the culmination of years of work by individuals, including Mr Ramaphosa, and organisations, including the, who thought that South Africa deserved better. .This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline"How to save the Rainbow Nation"
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