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Cyril Ramaphosa
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
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politics · President of South Africa since 2018 · politician · trade unionist · businessperson · entrepreneur · minister · union member · also Cyril Ramaphosa, Ramaphosa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, Cyril M. Ramaphosa
Born 17 November 1952 · Q1148669
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2026· 29 entries
eNCA: President Ramaphosa to address the nation about GBV soon
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UA.NEWS: President Ramaphosa condemns violence against women in South Africa — Daily Maverick
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South African Government News Agency: President Ramaphosa calls on citizens to celebrate their diversity
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newsday.co.za: Cyril Ramaphosa must answer for the kidnapping and murder of two men from South Africa’s most popular shopping mall
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South African Government News Agency: President Ramaphosa to address the nation on GBV measures
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The Presidency: Keynote address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the 2026 National Heritage Day, Bongolethu Sports Stadium, Oudtshoorn
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EWN: President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the national Heritage Day celebrations in Oudtshoorn
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South African Government News Agency: President Ramaphosa calls for UN backing on panel on inequality
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The Presidency: Pre-recorded message by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the UNGA81 International Panel on Inequality High-Level Event
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The Presidency: President Ramaphosa to lead National Heritage Day celebrations in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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newsday.co.za: Cyril Ramaphosa blocks billions of dollars of investment from the United States
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newsday.co.za: President Cyril Ramaphosa was not interested in what the United States wanted and ignored its demands
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APAnews - Agence de Presse Africaine: US visa restrictions: South Africa will not bow – Ramaphosa - APAnews
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Firstpost: South Africa Murders: Tenth Woman Found Dead, Ramaphosa Promises Action | Firstpost Africa | N18G
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Firstpost: Running from Trump?: Ramaphosa, Tinubu and Sisi Skip UNGA in New York | Firstpost Africa | N18G
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Mail & Guardian: An Open Letter to His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa
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newsday.co.za: Cyril Ramaphosa did nothing for nine months on things which could have been answered in 24 hours
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newsday.co.za: President Cyril Ramaphosa must condemn ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer’
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Jacaranda FM: South Africa ready to engage US amid fresh diplomatic tensions: Ramaphosa
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Channel Africa: President Ramaphosa confident SA, US challenges can be resolved
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newsday.co.za: President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to the United States visa sanctions against individuals in South Africa
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The Presidency: President Ramaphosa to lead National Heritage Day celebrations in the Western Cape
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Resumen Latinoamericano -: Sudáfrica. Cyril Ramaphosa se ha retirado de sus funciones públicas debido a una enfermedad poco después de regresar de la cumbre de la BRICS en la India - Resumen Latinoamericano -
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“s birth. Mr Ramaphosa became president in February after Jacob Zuma was forced to resign amid a welter of corruption allegations. Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said in January that Mr Ramaphosa would not be corrupt because he did not need the money.”
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“s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela.”
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“We must also act fearlessly against alleged corruption and abuse of office within our ranks.”
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Elon Musk snubs South African President Cyril Ramaphosa” Altered video.
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Ramaphosa endorsed the campaign to free Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political leader and prisoner of Israel who has been compared to Nelson Mandela
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2025· 13 entries
Africa Check rated the claim ““We have already recovered up to 35 [passenger rail] lines that were either dormant or nonfunctional.” – Ramaphosa” Correct.
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Africa Check rated the claim ““Analysis of the city's budget suggests that the per capita investment in infrastructure and service delivery is significantly lower in townships and informal settlements than in the city's more affluent areas.” – Ramaphosa” Unproven.
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Africa Check rated the claim ““Census data shows that in the decade between 2011 and 2022, Cape Town performed worse than the average of all metros in expanding access to services such as refuse removal, piped water, electricity, and flush toilets.” – Ramaphosa” Misleading.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for roadside dancer’s arrest” Altered video.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Ramaphosa responds to UK arrest warrant for Malema” False.
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Reported claimRated DW Fact check: False Trump's claim was already circulating on social media before Ramaphosa's state visit to the US. On May 12, a user on X explained that every cross stands for a murdered white farmer in South Africa. The video posthas been viewed almost 55 million times at the time of publishing. A reverse image search shows that the footage used by Trump with the white crosses on the side of the road was already shared on social media in 2020 and 2023. These are not, as Trump claims, the gravesites of more than a thousand murdered farmers. Instead, the scenes show a protest near the South African city of Newcastle on September 5, 2020. The protest was triggered by the murder of married couple Glen and Vida Rafferty on their farm in August 2020. · DW.com
DW.com rated the claim “Claim: "These are the -- these are burial sites right here," Trump said (White House videominute 24:25), while describing a footage during a meeting with Ramaphosa at the White House on May 21. "Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there's approximately a thousand of them. They'…” DW Fact check: False Trump's claim was already circulating on social media before Ramaphosa's state visit to the US. On May 12, a user on X explained that every cross stands for a murdered white farmer in South Africa. The video posthas been viewed almost 55 million times at the time of publishing. A reverse image search shows that the footage used by Trump with the white crosses on the side of the road was already shared on social media in 2020 and 2023. These are not, as Trump claims, the gravesites of more than a thousand murdered farmers. Instead, the scenes show a protest near the South African city of Newcastle on September 5, 2020. The protest was triggered by the murder of married couple Glen and Vida Rafferty on their farm in August 2020..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows South Africa's Ramaphosa meeting with Trump” Misleading.
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Africa Check rated the claim ““Since Ramaphosa took office seven years ago, the economy has not grown by more than 2%.”” Incorrect.
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Claimed: ““The recently adopted Expropriation Act is not a confiscation instrument, but a constitutionally mandated legal process that ensures public access to land in an equitable and just manner as guided by the constitution.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Claimed: “We spend around 60% of our national budget on the social wage” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “The (presidential) employment stimulus…has created almost 2.2 million work and livelihood opportunities” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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Claimed: “Construction of the Mtentu Bridge construction continues” — rated Correct by Africa Check.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “President Ramaphosa's recent response to Trump's on land ’confiscations’?” Misleading.
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2024· 1 entry
“New Year message by President Cyril Ramaphosa Gov.za (31 December 2024)”
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2022· 1 entry
Was accused of corruption, obstruction of justice, kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairperson of the African Union (2020–2021).
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2019· 5 entries
“On 15 September 2019, as guest of honour at the Grace Bible Church in Pimville, Soweto, following his return to South Africa from the funeral of Robert Mugabe, as quoted by Baldwin Ndaba in Ramaphosa says xenophobic attacks 'a national shame', Weekend Argus (15 September 2019)”
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2019–2019).
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“As guest of honour at the Grace Bible Church in Pimville, Soweto, addressing the question of tribalism, as quoted by Baldwin Ndaba in Ramaphosa says xenophobic attacks 'a national shame', Weekend Argus (15 September 2019)”
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“Answering a question by JSE chairperson Nyembezi-Heita in Rosebank, on the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos, as quoted by Carien du Plessis in Ramaphosa and Magashule contradict each other on Reserve Bank nationalisation, Daily Maverick (17 January 2019)”
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“Addressing South African business leaders on 16 January 2019, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ramaphosa says Reserve Bank independence 'sacrosant', eNCA (17 January 2019)”
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2018· 5 entries
“At an ANC organized event in Johannesburg, as quoted by Amogelang Mbatha in Ramaphosa says state-owned companies are 'sewers of corruption', Bloomberg (1 June 2018)”
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“At a memorial lecture for the late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Johannesburg, as quoted by Siviwe Feketha in Ramaphosa slams Zuma's tenure, calls on ANC to tackle divisions, IOL (30 September 2018)”
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“in the strongest possible terms”
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Ramaphosa, in Zuma's stead, led South Africa's delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, to promote investment and business in South Africa
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Career landmark: President of South Africa (2018).
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2017· 1 entry
“On 20 December 2017 at the ANC's 54th national elective conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg, from a video and recording included in Top 5 quotes from Cyril Ramaphosa's closing address, TimesLive (21 December 2017)”
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2014· 4 entries
Concluded the process, as required by the Executive Ethics Code
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2014–2018).
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Career landmark: Deputy President of South Africa (2014–2018).
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When – in his capacity as Deputy Chairperson of the National Planning Commission – he served as the South African President's Special Envoy to South Sudan during the South Sudanese civil war
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2012· 1 entry
Ahead of the ANC's 53rd National Conference, when he received nominations to become ANC Deputy President
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2011· 1 entry
Ramaphosa paid for a 20-year master franchise agreement to run 145 McDonald's restaurants in South Africa
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2009· 1 entry
Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 2009, presented by Awards Council member Archbishop Desmond Tutu at a ceremony at St
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2007· 2 entries
But he did not have any "special interest" that would lead him to favour one side or the other; however, he said that he could not be an effective mediator without "the trust and confidence of all parties" and that he di
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Denied persistent rumours that he intended to join the race to replace Mbeki as ANC president; that year, he ranked 30th on the list of most popular NEC candidates
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2004· 1 entry
Ramaphosa became interested in the Ankole breed of cattle
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2000· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning as an arms inspector, responsible for supervising the decommissioning of Irish Republican Army armaments in Northern Ireland
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1998· 1 entry
The Chairman of South Africa's BEE Commission
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1997· 1 entry
Received the most votes of any candidate; and at the 51st National Conference in 2002, he received the second-most
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1996· 3 entries
Resigned from ANC office and from Parliament and announced his retreat from politics, reportedly because he was disappointed that Thabo Mbeki had been anointed Mandela's successor
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And became well known as a businessman, including as an owner of McDonald's South Africa, chair of the board for MTN, member of the board for Lonmin, and founder of the Shanduka Group
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Married Tshepo Motsepe, a medical doctor and the sister of South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe
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1995· 1 entry
Received the prize "Archivio Disarmo - Golden Doves for Peace" from IRIAD
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1994· 3 entries
And some observers believed that he was Mandela's preferred successor
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“On 24 January 1994, shortly after the National Assembly was convened, which was responsible for the drafting a new constitution, as quoted by Hassen Ebrahim, The Soul of a Nation: Constitution-making in South Africa, p. 239 (1998)”
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Became a Member of Parliament (MP) and was elected the chairperson of its Constitutional Assembly on 24 May 1994, a central role in Mandela's Government of National Unity
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1992· 8 entries
“As a people, our unity, determination and resilience has seen us through hard times. Just as this has been a year of great change, we look to the next year with great hope.”
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“The independence, the standing and the role of the Reserve Bank is sacrosanct. It will remain independent, as clearly stated in our constitution.”
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“They were saying Shangaans must leave [Ekurhuleni]. The Vendas must leave. The next thing they will say the Batswanas must leave. The BaXhosa must leave. Who is going to remain? ... We must defeat the demon of tribalism.”
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“However, our primary focus must remain on the prevention of gender-based violence against the young girls and women of our country. Working with civil society and other partners across our society, we continue to call upon men and boys to stand at the forefront of changing attitudes and behavior.”
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“Just as we attained our freedom through the support and solidarity of many people and nations around the world, we continue to stand in solidarity with the victims of injustice in other parts of the world.”
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“The manifesto had a paragraph on a wish and an aspiration, acknowledging that the Reserve Bank is independent and that there is no intention whatsoever to tamper or tinker with the independence of the central bank. The wish that is expressed is, that as it goes ahead with monetary policy machinations, it will keep an eye on employment.”
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“One of the other things that is going to help to give a boost to our economy is how we reform our state-owned enterprises. … The state-owned enterprises were sewers of corruption, a number of them. … There was rot, there was filth and there was deep corruption. We are rooting all that out right now.”
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“We now have a great opportunity to put land to good use, to take it out of those hands, lazy hands I might say, and put it into the working hands of our people.”
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1991· 1 entry
Was elected ANC secretary general under ANC president Nelson Mandela and became the ANC's chief negotiator during the negotiations that ended apartheid
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Olof Palme Prize (1987).
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1985· 1 entry
The NUM broke away from CUSA and helped to establish the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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1982· 2 entries
CUSA requested that Ramaphosa start a union for mineworkers; this new union was launched in the same year and was named the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
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To 300,000 in 1992, giving it control of nearly half of the total black workforce in the South African mining industry
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1976· 1 entry
Was detained again, following the unrest in Soweto, and held for six months at John Vorster Square under the Terrorism Act
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1974· 1 entry
Under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, 1967, for organising pro-Frelimo rallies
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1971· 1 entry
Matriculated from Mphaphuli High School in Sibasa, Venda where he was elected head of the Student Christian Movement
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-11-17.
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