Ramaphosa one small step closer to leading the ANC
Zamani Saul, seen as ally to Cyril Ramaphosa, elected as Northern Cape ANC chairman
Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to succeed Jacob Zuma as South Africa’s president received a boost Friday when he secured an enthusiastic reception from ruling party members in the Northern Cape province. About 700 African National Congress officials attending a provincial conference in the central town of Colesberg rose to sing and cheer as Ramaphosa, 64, arrived to address them, and made rolling hand signals used to indicate a substitution at soccer matches. The party, which is due to elect a new leadership in December, has seen a slide in support partly due to Zuma’s implication in a succession of scandals. Ramaphosa’s ally, Zamani Saul, won the race to become chairman of the party in the province after his opponent, Sylvia Lucas, the provincial premier and an ally of the president, dropped out. Earlier, Ramaphosa told the crowd that the ANC "is in danger of slowly disintegrating." "Where once there was unity, we now find division. Where once there was selflessness, we now find self-intere...
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