President Cyril Ramaphosa is sick of all your noise

I would rather vote ANC than eff.

Ramaphosa's reaction to journalists' criticism appears to indicate that he is out of ideas, and can only respond with platitudes and false promises, in the hope that there are still enough ignorant followers, who are not aware of the true state of the country, and who will still give him and his Cadre comrades the benefit of the doubt, and vote ANC.

Zero self awareness at all.

Mum

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” ― Abraham Lincoln

We are sick of his parties noise.

He may be sick of all the noise, but we are sick and tired of the fact that this country is now in ruin, that there is load shedding, that people have lost their livelihoods, that there is no service delivery, that crime is OFF THE CHARTS, that all the SOE's are in collapse, that there are NO jobs out there, that we have sewage problems on the beaches and indeed in our STREETS!! Should I go on, because I can, but that would take me all day!!!!

The usual....blah, blah, blah....someone who can never answer ANY question honestly and straight...always wiggling around everything and spewing......

And we are tired of the rather patronising articles of Rebecca Davis. As usual she petulantly criticises just about anyone and everyone besides the usual digs at this or that. If she declared her self party number 351 for HER seat in parliament perhaps she would forced to declare HER manifesto not just for SA but for the whole world. Would make interesting reading. ( Little word of advice about her writing style : the word “rant” is so passe. Its real significance is the means to dismiss in patronising fashion an opponent’s argument which is expressed rather emotionally with out addressing the argument.

When the expectation is high, the lack of performance is double the disappointment. At the end of the day, he is the ANC. And their ideas and governance are exceptionally poor and ultimately bankrupt. It is, unfortunately, an embarrassment that they have and are continuing to stay in power, with still the highest support in the country. That speaks volumes about the majority of South Africans, you support a totally corrupt and inept government.

If a man cannot lead himself how can he expect to lead others

“whether you like it or not” - who exactly is the “you”? is it the media? or perhaps the not-so-black demographic that he singles out, more and more. How many times has he mentioned “apartheid” in the last year or two? What does he mean when he talks about “my people” or “our people”? Somehow, I don’t think I’m included. “Our” president is definitely not ours, as in all of us. Whether we like it or not.

If the Prez is tired of the critics and the criticism, maybe he and his bottom feeders should actually be working for the country that they are supposed to serve, and doing things in such a way that they don't bring such criticism... simple really. Just stop being useless and you might get some positive feedback.

He should have stepped down a long time ago ….everyone is SICK of his lies !!!!

Complement him all you like. The dirty dollar man, we are voting him out unless his DA marriage plan saves him, which will be short lived by the way, that marriage won't last even a year. We are tired we want a developmental state and leaders who purposefully use the state power like in China to change and develop the nation. Not corrupt thugs who hide dirty dollars under matrasses and sofas.

With the seemingly utterly corrupt Mashatile eagerly waiting in the wings...

Then stop giving us reason to criticise!

The most disgusting aspect of this whole charade is Ramaphosa's insistence that the ANC has done fantastic work for 30 years. Bullshit! It did OK until mega crook Jacob Zuma came along and stuffed it all up with staunch support from his ANC comrades in parliament. His deputy in all that time replaced him as president in 2017 and then the unbelievable happened. Cyril Ramaphosa did a better job of screwing the country up in 5 or 6 years than Zuma was able to do in 9 years. Some president!

My view on the 350 political parties is that it's a direct consequence of the perversion of the recent law-change that permits independents to contest the elections. Across the political spectrum, parties were careful to protect their advantage by setting unreasonably high entrance requirements for independents. If the odds are stacked against you in your quest for a seat in parliament, it makes sense to take the gap and form a party instead - lower deposits, fewer signatures, wider vote exposure, etc. Almost all the tiny new parties are hoping for a single parliamentary or provincial seat at best, so they're effectively independents.

This was his last SONA for sure. I will give R10,000 to Gift of the Givers is Ramasofa is still president after the election. Good riddance.

Well Cyril, we are gatvol of your lies, incompetence and totally corrupt leadership! If you're so sick of the noise first reflect on why there is all this noise then, I am sure you will do the honourable thing and resign; you and your cadres are useless!

This is not criticism but fact: The government has been sitting on more than 30 million hectares of land that should have been available for agricultural education and agriculture! This alnd will help the previously disadvantaged and create much needed employment!

Shame. The civil servant is tired of being criticised is he? Not too tired to pull a salary for not keeping his promises though is he? Job too much for you? Too much to remember all your false promises? Do us all a favour and resign. Go away. Stay away. Do not come back. Go fondle your dollars in your couch. And take your money grabbing idiot cronies with you. And don't forget to switch off the lights when you leave (oh wait, it's already off, pffft). But it is not entirely Counterfeit Cyril's fault. Citizens do get the government they deserve. Maybe if citizens are not so easily swayed and actually choose a political class who cares more for the constitution and the rule of law for all, then maybe citizens will actually get leaders who care. And maybe one day we will also get reporters again who actually push for the answer and not just accept the platitudes of these inept idiots at face value. And maybe one day pigs will fly.

You forget to mention one thing . In his quaint recounting of a recent visit to his childhood school in Limpopo he remarked "it was in better condition then than it is now ". What a confession. And how does that reconcile with his recitations of ANC successes.

My impression was that Phala Phala was the final blow. This man is simply going through the motions and I can't fathom what continues to driving this hand-puppet.

Your wish to see regime change lead to you pushing your DA-Freedom Front agenda You are serving your racist colonial masters very well. How sad.

Overplayed? Well, let's see, in order of appearance: Jack Hodgson (made the first bombs for MK), Wolfie Kodesh (taught Mandela about urban warfare), Joe Slovo, Rusty Bernstein (Rivonia trialist), Michael Harmel, Harold Wolpe (Rivonia trialist), Ruth First, Lazar Sidelsky (gave Mandela his first job in a law firm), Ben Turok, Bob Hepple(Rivonia trialist) , Ruth First (assassinated), Albie Sachs (lost arm), Rowley Arenstein, Ray Simons, Raymond Suttner, Ronnie Kasrils, Arthur Goldreich (Rivonia trialist), Dennis Goldberg (Rivonia trialist), Jimmy Kantor (Rivonia trialist), Rick Turner. Lawyers: Joel Joffe, Arthur Chaskalson. Actively opposed to apartheid: Helen Suzman et al in the PFP, the Menells (tutored Ramaphosa as a student), Nadine Gordimer, Ina Perlman, Tony Leon, Helen Zille, Jonathan Shapiro. Apologies if I left anyone out.

President Ramaphosa find things being upside down and it will take him years to bring everything together. His challenge is not to be fast in taking decision and that it's putting him in a negative image to the nation. Let's pray for the Situation to change for the best.

Failed State entities, bankrupt municipalities under ANC control and a shrinking economy along with a shrinking JSE, expanding unemployed and offshore investors taking their money elsewhere, all tell a story. It is not a story of success. Criticism is valid and if its too hot in the kitchen, he should leave. Perhaps the voters will assist that decision, lets wait and see.

Does anyone care what he says or thinks anymore??? Whether we like it or not, Politicians will spin everything to suit their own agenda. As the old joke goes: "How do you know if a Politician is lying? Their lips are moving. And the ruling party may have it in the bag, because the electorate don't vote with common sense or reason... And if the ruling party lose support, they may do a deal with the devil... and then we're even further in the dark ages.

It looks as if the owner of the squeaking wheel has finally run out of grease.

A man of platitudes and rhetoric, he looks at a statesman in the mirror but his reflection, in SA, is one a man with no spine, or appetite to move away from the ANC constitution, which is totally archaic and unfit for purpose in good governance. I think you saw a sad man, he know’s he is a vacuous shadow with no purpose for South Africans.

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South Africans are doing OK in spite of, not because of the ANC!

Thank you for what looks like a factual report with little bias.

Not an easy job for anyone.

ISRAEL IS AMERICA'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Israel is nothing but a tool in America's attempts to balance its influence against competing interests, namely Russia, in the Middle East. That is the basis of USA-Israel relationship. Israel is a strategic ally for the USA, relations with the former strengthens the latter's influence in the Middle East. The military foothold offered to it by Israel, is enough to justify USA's military spend to Israel. USA's quest for greatness is blinding it and is unable to notice groundswell in global geopolitics. America can continue being great while distancing itself from countries with genocidal tendencies. But then, it is not the first time USA, based purely on own interests, supported an apartheid regime. Not so long ago, South Africa by law, practiced a system of apartheid on its citizens and when the UN voted on an embargo to force it to abandon that system, USA was leading five powerful nations that voted against that UN resolution because, according to USA, SA had in it 4 million customers who were civilized, educated, industrious and reliable as well as15 million others in labour reserves, who couldn't even organize themselves to form unions, for the production of American goods. It is not surprising that those very countries, led by USA, are today supporters of Israel in its war against Hamas, with no regard to the ordinary Palestinians who are being killed, tortured, injured and displaced. This war has nothing to do with October7, because Israel has been settling its citizens in Palestinian territories along the Gaza strip long before October 7, despite pressure from the international community to desist. Israeli actions in this war, the flattening of the Gaza, is indicative of a regime preparing for further occupation of Palestinian land. Biden's actions here will cost him and as the Palestinian issue will not just vanish, history is going to judge him harshly. Enkosi

"Concerned about discrimination against Palestinians." How many Palestinians are there in South Africa? The ANC is not the moral champion it claims to be. His government's ICJ case and the ANC's revitalised finances, as well as the glossing over of a Russian ship docking at a naval dock all need attention.

Cyril (take note, Not honored President) we are sick of the looting, corruption and lack of any drive to make SA better for all. We will do it ourselves. See it happening in many little towns. We have much backbone still in SA. Please move along and out of our way.

The "Ramaphosa is tired" narrative is completely fabricated by the media. I only - and still - see his characteristic patience, decency and thoroughness, speaking in plain language to all, not only the elite. Ever heard of the story of the tortoise and the rabbit? Remember, he's been written of for years now. And it's all turned out to be wrong.

Dear Ed, First of all, he should stop blaming apartheid, for everything going on in this once beautiful country. Stop telling people to never forget, people should never forget the way things are NOW. It's under your parties rule that things have gone from bad to worse. It's under your parties rule that we are stuck with millions of foreigners eating the money our SA citizens should be earning. It's under your parties rule that we are billions in debt to other countries. It's under your parties rule that the lights cannot be kept on. And now, your party promises that by March everything will be ok, we will have electricity. Strange though, that it will most probably coincide with election time. It's under your parties rule that billions have been stolen in state capture. Not to mention your own little stint with the dollars stuffed in your couch! Promises, promises, promises. But sadly, many will fall for it yet again. And many will reap the disappointment of finding out after the fact that it was all just a bunch of hot air. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr president.

I used to think Zuma was an odious man but it is apparent I didn't know the definition of odium- it comes in a far worse form.

So sad and disappointing how the man who like you say instilled so much hope in 2018, ended up being the same lame duck he was as vice president. Begs the question, why did he want the top job in the 1st place? Was it all just about having all the power? Although he didn’t end up being the man I thought I voted for, the alternatives were unthinkably worse.

And we are sick of his

Ramposie just does not have balls. What else is there to say other than he is only in power to help continue the pillaging of all resources while Zuma is ready for round two. O wait. Zuma is ready. Perhaps they colluded to bring about the demise of the ANC to bring about a far more radical party to really speed up "economic transformation". The last thing that Zuma is, is stupid. And the onky thing that Ramposie is, is a puppet. The no balls thing should now make more sense.

“You shall see me back at [this] very position,” Ramaphosa predicted We dont need you or want you back, please just leave the presidency! You a man with no plan, no vision, no muster, no charisma and absolutely no backbone. All talk and no walk. You will be remembered as an absolute disappointment who got rich from doing nothing worthwhile. One thing you great at is putting us to sleep.

Good, because we are sick of lies, corruption, crime, incompetence, crumbling infrastructure and a collapsing economy. Gee, if the only blot on my personal landscape was criticism, how lucky I would be. Poverty and unemployment are rampant. Ramaphosa was a hero in the 80s, but useless is the politest comment I can manage now.

70% of white South Africans over the age of 48 voted to end apartheid. (Under 18's could not vote) South Africans under the age of 30 were born under an ANC government It is about time that SA realizes that it can not blame "whites" and "apartheid" for its woes, but has to look at the looters in charge.

President may be sick, but not even a tiny fraction as sick as the long-suffering taxpayers who have seen and experienced the leading cabal of the ANC, steal billions, debase and make worthless trillions, all because of the ignorance, self-servingness and incompetence of the Pres and his gang of cohorts. Exactly how many, Mr President, named in the Zondo Commission, have been held to account? Zero, we all thought so, so stop the pathetic self-pity, and DO SOMETHING !!!

What a utter disappointment did Ramaphosa turned out to be….