JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -
The nearly man of South African politics, Cyril Ramaphosa, is at last in with a
chance of becoming president after being overlooked for years.
Ramaphosa’s political abilities have been apparent
for decades.
Whenever Nelson Mandela needed a breakthrough in talks to
end apartheid, he would turn to the then trade union leader with a
reputation as a tenacious negotiator.
Using
skills honed in pay disputes with mining bosses, Ramaphosa steered those
talks to a successful conclusion, allowing Mandela to sweep to power in
1994 as head of the African National Congress.
Mandela
wanted Ramaphosa to be his heir but was pressured into picking Thabo
Mbeki by a group of ANC leaders who had fought apartheid from exile.
It has taken more than two decades for Ramaphosa, now deputy president, to get another chance to run the country.
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