NATIONAL NEWS - South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a lead in party nominations for the next leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), securing the support of 65% of branches tallied so far, a poll showed.
Hundreds of ANC branches across South Africa are nominating their choice for party president and other senior positions ahead of a December conference where about 5,000 delegates sent by the branches will cast their votes.
The ANC’s next leader will probably become president of the country at a national election in 2019 given the party’s electoral dominance.
Early indications are that party members are split between Ramaphosa, a former union leader and one of the country’s richest people, and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a former minister and ex-wife of President Jacob Zuma, for the party’s top job.
Ramaphosa leads in nominations for ANC leader
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