Ramaphosa gets most nominations ahead of ANC leadership vote

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South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the most nominations for leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), voting data from the country’s nine provinces show.

Ramaphosa is one of two frontrunners in a closely watched contest to take over from President Jacob Zuma as ANC leader at a party conference starting on Dec. 16.

Whoever becomes ANC leader will most likely be the next president of South Africa, owing to the ruling party’s electoral dominance.

Ramaphosa received 1,862 nominations by ANC branches, whereas his main rival for ANC leader, former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, received 1,309 endorsements.

Reuters compiled the number of nominations for each candidate based on voting data released by provincial ANC structures.

ANC officials in the provinces of Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal were the last to release their nominations…

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