It's not only those with nefarious agendas who want to rewrite history. Seemingly sincere people do it too. For 30 years the ANC's story has been prominent: they defeated apartheid, Mandela was the Messiah and great provider, Mbeki the philosopher-king, Zuma the RET deliverer who would overturn WMC so black people could rise from poverty and subjugation. And last, Ramaphosa the reformer and corruption buster. All hail ramaphoria! Each leader had their acolytes and mythology. Zuma, after everyone thought he would retire, with the ANC and government's help formed the MK Party from disaffected members. Ramaphosa, in addition to being a suburb businessman, was the great negotiator and consensus-builder who would provide South Africa with investment, growth and jobs. When that failed to emerge during the first half of his presidency, the story changed to him having to bring like-minded ANC members on board. Only during the last two years did the narrative unravel to reveal, to ...