Cyril Ramaphosa says the ANC’s new leadership will restore the party to what it was under late president Nelson Mandela."This year we are renewing the ANC and making it the true ANC of Nelson Mandela," said Ramaphosa on Thursday. He spoke in the Qunu Community Hall, less than 1km from the late president’s homestead. Ramaphosa, who assumed the leadership of the ANC last month, was addressing a mini rally in Qunu following a meeting between the party’s top six officials and members of the Mandela family at their Qunu home.The ANC leadership also requested a visit to Mandela’s grave, which will take place on February 11.The trip to Mandela’s homestead and the planned visit to his grave is part of a campaign by the ANC to retrace the movement’s and its leadership’s roots and allowing communities to meet the party’s new leadership. At the ANC’s national conference last month, Ramaphosa was elected along with Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza, who is his deputy. Free State Premier Ace Magas...
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