‘A President I Can Be Proud of’: South Africans Express Their Hopes<br />For the first time since Mandela, I have hope for our country,<br />and a president I can be proud of." Anne Kruger, 66, a retired journalist who lives in Paarl, in the province of Western Cape.<br />South Africa as a whole has a water scarcity problem, which will have to be prioritized sooner rather than later." Brandon Gregory, 31, a freelance writer<br />and office assistant who lives in Paarl, near Cape Town.<br />"Knowing Ramaphosa stood silently by during the years Zuma ransacked the country, it’s difficult to feel like<br />this won’t be swapping one destructive status quo for another." Tamsin Walker, 28, from Johannesburg.<br />She added that even though it was ridiculous to expect one man to change the country<br />single-handedly, Mr. Ramaphosa could set a positive example of an African president.<br />abetted Zuma, and the exact same people still hold power, except Zuma himself, we are understandably<br />suspicious." Michael Cope, 65, a jeweler and writer who lives in Cape Town.<br />22, 2018<br />A new era began for South Africa last week when Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as the country’s<br />president, a day after Jacob Zuma resigned in the face of corruption allegations.
