Ramaphosa, Dlamini-Zuma Vie to Lead South Africa's ANC
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, presidential candidate of the African National Congress party (ANC), left, reacts with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's deputy president, during the 54th national conference of the African National Congress party (ANC) in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergSouth Africa’s ruling African National Congress completed the process of nominating new leaders on Sunday, with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife and favored successor, confirmed as the sole contenders for the top job.
Ramaphosa was nominated by five provinces while the remaining four backed Dlamini-Zuma, the electoral agency overseeing the vote announced at the party’s national elective conference in Johannesburg. While five other officials declared their candidature, none of them received nomination from the conference floor.