Cyril Ramaphosa is arrested

Updated: 23 Aug 2019

Cyril Ramaphosa, a lawyer and General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa, was arrested in Lebowa, on charge of organising or planning to take part in a meeting in Namakgale. The local magistrate had banned meetings in the town.

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