Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya
As he starts his term of office proper, President Cyril Ramaphosa will leave Loftus Stadium in Pretoria a president and a statesman whose words have filled his people with great hope.
The fact of the matter is that no head of state ever walks into office promising to be a wrecking ball. Like beauty pageant contestants, newly minted heads of state all tend to promise to save the fish, the water and the fisherman.
It does not always end well. The history of the world is littered with heads of state who betrayed their own struggles for justice and fairness, let alone their words.
If President Ramaphosa fails on his lofty ideals and moving words, he will not be the first and certainly not be the last.
Yet in him, South Africans have a good reason to believe. For the first time in 10 years, South Africa will
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