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Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes

We the People

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The Constitution and Cyril Ramaphosa

The current president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa was the main negotiator at the time the constitution was drafted. He's just been ratified for a second term. The constitutional court has been strong in trying cases of corruption. But it's a very difficult time there. And I think they have to overcome this corruption. They have to enfranchise more people. It's still, in terms of economic inequity, it may be even greater now than it was under apartheid.

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