Cyril Ramaphosa preaches unity in KwaZulu-Natal, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at his side
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his former rival Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday made their first high-profile public appearance together since the ANC conference. Speaking at Ohlange in Inanda‚ north of Durban‚ where he and some of the ANC officials laid a wreath at the grave site of the ANC’s founding president‚ John Langalibalele Dube‚ Ramaphosa called for unity in the province, saying KwaZulu-Natal was far too important to the ANC to be left divided. The ANC was dogged by deep divisions ahead of its elective December conference, in which Ramaphosa defeated Dlamini-Zuma by a close margin. Dlamini-Zuma did not speak at Monday’s function. Ramaphosa and the top six officials were scattered around KwaZulu-Natal‚ participating in a number of events in the lead-up to the January 8 statement marking the party’s founding anniversary. The traditional January 8 statement — which this year marks the ANC’s 106th anniversary — will be delivered in East London on Saturday. "Contestation is ...
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