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Adriaan Basson | Why are Ramaphosa and top ANC leaders afraid to debate the opposition?

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Participants at the first News24 Leaders Debate in Cape Town are Khaled Sayed (ANC), Velenkosini Hlabisa (IFP), John Steenhuisen (DA), Herman Mashaba (ActionSA) and Songezo Zibi (Rise Mzansi). The debate airs on Thursday at 20:00 on News24. (Bertram Malgas/News24)

Participants at the first News24 Leaders Debate in Cape Town are Khaled Sayed (ANC), Velenkosini Hlabisa (IFP), John Steenhuisen (DA), Herman Mashaba (ActionSA) and Songezo Zibi (Rise Mzansi). The debate airs on Thursday at 20:00 on News24. (Bertram Malgas/News24)

If the ANC's election campaign is in shambles, as President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly admitted, why is he scared to debate opposition leaders? Adriaan Basson asks.

It's a fact: President Cyril Ramaphosa is too scared to debate the country's top opposition leaders.

About seven weeks ago, I invited Ramaphosa to News24's first-ever leaders' debate, which will be broadcast on Thursday evening (make a diary entry for 20:00).

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