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| Africa Subsaharan |
| South Africa: Ramaphosa Wins ANC Presidency, Succeeding Jacob Zuma |
| 2017-12-19 |
| [All Africa] South Africa witnessed a watershed transition in politicianship today when a succession of governing party leaders who were formerly in exile or prison was replaced by a leader of the internal resistance to apartheid. Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, a lawyer who first made his name in the 1980s by organising workers in the country's mining industry into its most powerful union, won the presidency of the governing African National Congress (ANC) at its five-yearly conference in Johannesburg. This puts him in line to become South Africa's president, succeeding Nelson Mandela ‐ who served 27 years in prison, Thabo Mbeki ...former president of South Africa, succeeding Nelson Mandela. He now pops up periodically as a mediator when something catches fire in Africa... ‐ who fought apartheid from exile, and Jacob Zuma ‐ who served time both in prison and in exile. Ramaphosa won 2440 votes from conference delegates, against 2261 votes for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, immediate past chair of the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Commission and a cabinet minister under presidents Mandela and Mbeki. |
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