The ANC’s election agency in KwaZulu-Natal, The Elexions Agency, was forced to conduct a recount of votes‚ after numbers did not add up in the province’s structures the evening before, on Tuesday. The province had nominated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for party president ahead of closest rival Cyril Ramaphosa. Tuesday’s recount did not ultimately change the outcome — in fact‚ it pushed Dlamini-Zuma’s numbers up slightly and decreased Ramaphosa’s tally. On Monday evening‚ Dlamini-Zuma emerged as KwaZulu-Natal’s preferred presidential candidate with 433 nominations to Ramaphosa’s 193. However, after the overnight recount — following a complaint from regional secretaries — Dlamini-Zuma’s nominations rose to 454 and Ramaphosa was down to 191. For the deputy president position‚ Mpumalanga ANC chairperson David Mabuza’s numbers increased from 434 to 449; while rival Zweli Mkhize’s tally rose from 59 to 64‚ and Naledi Pandor lost two nominations, down to 51.
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