Book Review: Balance of Power

In our book review segment today, we chat about a new book called Balance of Power: Ramaphosa and the future of South Africa. This book digs deeper at Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to the ANC presidency and the political balancing act he had to maintain as president. Author Qaanitah Hunter covered a lot of the political dramas surrounding Jacob Zuma during the Zuma era leading into 'Ramaphoria', where she literally had front row seats at all the presidents’ press conferences.

Qaanitah Hunter is an award-winning political journalist with Sunday Times. She won Vodacom Journalist of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and recently won the Nat Nakasa Journalism Award (2019). She has provided political analysis on multiple platforms