Nominations for the ANC’s elective conference opened on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa on track for re-election, strongly buoyed by the backing this week of the party’s second-largest province numerically, Limpopo.

The CR22 campaign has lifted off, complete with a website and  Facebook and Twitter accounts. The president absurdly inspected potholes in Delmas over the weekend, and across social media, influencers are posting  images of majestic Ankole cattle — now solidly associated with him. ..

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