Cyril Ramaphosa support expands
ANC branches, unhappy with 2015 provincial conference outcomes, call for deputy president to succeed Zuma
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has received endorsement from an unlikely source: ANC branches seeking nullification of the result of 2015’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial conference, also want him to succeed President Jacob Zuma. Last week, trade union federation Cosatu came out in support of Ramaphosa’s candidacy and said it would lobby ANC branches to support him. Cosatu described Ramaphosa as a "unifier" who had the "necessary capability to lead the ANC out of its current political gridlock". Now it seems that Ramaphosa may need all his negotiating skills, especially in a province that is the home of another contender for the ANC presidency, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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