Losing presidential candidate should be deputy, says Zuma
Zuma supported a call made by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal that the person with the second most votes in the election for the ANC presidency should become the deputy president
05 July 2017 - 16:03
President Jacob Zuma has thrown his weight behind a compromise solution to a bruising elective battle‚ saying the candidate who loses the ANC presidency should be elected the deputy president of the party. In a frank closing address at the ANC's National Policy Conference‚ Zuma supported a call made by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal that the person with the second most votes in the election for the ANC presidency should become the deputy president.
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