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Real Politics: Why the ANC cannot afford to lose Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa is still standing not because he is unbeatable. He is standing because he is the main meal ticket for too many powerful people in the ANC, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 
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