Cultural Perspective

Cultural Perspective

Cyril Ramaphosa and the Struggle to Build a Just Democracy as South Africa's President

One person can change a nation

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Aug 20, 2025
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For many Americans, South Africa is frozen in time, locked in the memory of apartheid and Mandela. What most people miss is that South Africa never had a clean break. It won its freedom, but inherited the s…

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