Pandor confident Ramaphosa will still be president next year

JOHANNESBURG - International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has reacted to the Section 89 report into the Phala Phala farm theft scandal.

She's confident Cyril Ramaphosa will still be president in 2023.

But she says Ramaphosa needs to deal with the matter swiftly.

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"We won't have a different president in 2023, I think it will remain President Ramaphosa unless something unexpected occurs," she said.

"In my own limited analysis, I believe he will remain president in 2023.

"On my reaction to report, I think it's really a matter that President Ramaphosa has to deal with since he is the person that is the subject of the report and he's acted in terms of the law and the Constitution by following the steps of taking report on review," Pandor said.

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Pandor said she's fielded calls of concern from the international community regarding the matter.

But she's assured them that everything is under control.

“One or two colleagues have called... they're more interested in is South Africa stable, is there a problem, should we anticipate that there will be some kind of conflict emerging which will harm the stability and I've assured them, even when te temperature appears very high in South Africa, we remain a stable democracy."