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Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa (since 2018)
The union leader turned tycoon turned president, navigating a divided nation.
KemetLeads Scorecard
How we score →Governance delivery≈ -0.6 2018–2023
Democratic trajectory≈ 0.00 2018–2025
Rule of law & corruption≈ -0.7 2018–2024
Rights & participation≈ 0.00 2018–2024
Constitutional conduct & exit
4.2 / 5 provisional — in office
✓ Democratic legitimacy✓ Constitutional conduct· Peaceful exit± Development & rights
Constitutionally elected and governing within the rules; the delivery record remains mixed.
Rows 1–4: country-level change during the tenure — evidence, not proof.
Our read
The institutions held and the conduct is clean; delivery is the problem. The flat deltas mirror a presidency of repair rather than transformation.
The rise
Ramaphosa founded the National Union of Mineworkers, helped negotiate the constitutional transition from apartheid, then built a business fortune before returning to lead the ANC.
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