EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: Is SA’s foreign policy to get an extreme makeover with Ramaphosa as stylist?

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There are fresh transformation rumblings at UCT. A battle to replace vice-chancellor Max Price is underway, ahead of his retirement in June.

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Diana Games argues that Jacob Zuma’s moral laxity and greed overflowed into relationships with key players in the Brics bloc, undermining the broader benefits of its membership. Now, President Cyril Ramaphosa has the opportunity to remake SA’s foreign policy.

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