Cyril Ramaphosa is going to a prison cell – Prince Mashele
Political analyst and author Prince Mashele predicts that President Cyril Ramaphosa will end up in prison after he loses power.
He made this prediction during a discussion about Ramaphosa’s future with Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh on the SMWX podcast.
Mashele said that people close to Ramaphosa believed they could manage the scandal because he was the country’s president. However, this was not the case.
“I bet my last penny that the Phala Phala money scandal will eventually follow Cyril Ramaphosa into a jail cell once he loses state power,” he said.
He likened it to former President Jacob Zuma, who had full control of the state during his tenure. When he lost power, he went to jail.
“Government officials cover things up when you are in power. However, this changes when you are no longer the president,” he said.
He argued that while political tricks can stall parliament, a criminal court process cannot be dodged.
Commenting on the current impeachment process, he said that Ramaphosa will not be impeached by Parliament.
“He will not sit in front of an impeachment committee in Parliament. Ramaphosa is exiting, and what he is doing is buying time,” he said.
“He knows that setting up an impeachment committee and process to handle such a case takes a long time. He is now closing all gaps he can while in office.”
According to Mashele, Ramaphosa will stay in office and oversee the local government elections in November 2026.
“The impeachment process may run until he is replaced at the ANC’s elective conference in December 2027,” he said.
“If the impeachment committee calls him sooner than December 2027, he will resign because there are too many skeletons in the closet.”
He said that Ramaphosa will never subject himself to a process which threatens to unearth the truth.
South Africa has no real leadership and runs on autopilot – Prince Mashele
Mashele said that because of Ramaphosa’s personal problems, he is not governing as an active president but as a compromised individual.
“South Africa is currently operating with a total leadership vacuum because the president has been completely cornered by the Phala Phala scandal,” he said.
“South Africa, as we speak, has no leadership. You’ve got this president who’s fighting for another day in office while the country is burning.”
He added that Ramaphosa is not a confident president, which created a huge leadership vacuum, forcing the country to run on autopilot.
He cited the widespread breakdown of law and order, including border control and international drug cartels running local ports, and the ubiquity of illicit drugs.
“When a president has to go on television to project a ‘tough-on-security’ image, it is an admission that they have lost control of the state apparatus,’ he said.
“This is one of the symptoms of state collapse: a president who addresses the nation projecting himself to be strong on security.”
“Ramaphosa’s government has completely lost control of the South African state, so he must now pretend to be a strong man.”
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As a government and a leader that represents the citizens of South Africa he should lead by example and enforce discipline, respect on the South African people and ensure that the citizens do receive their basic needs such as continuous electricity and everyone must pay for it as well as drinking water and sanitation, to live in a safe environment without crime, ensure evert one is employed. Woman and children are living in a safe environment. No gang violence between the communties in order for the communities to live unsafe.
Ensure that there is no corruption inside the the government itself including all government departments but as a State of our Nation he is failing to do so. Because no one can say that we are feeling safe or living safe in South Africa any more because nothing has been done to secure the safety and security of the South African citizens. I you you watch the news then you will confirm that even the police commissioners are doing fraud and they are the the high ranking police officers that supposed to protect us from the criminals. But they themselves are committing the fraud so how can they protect the citizens of South Africa.