This comes after influential Limpopo leaders instructed delegates to forgo their branch mandates and not support Ramaphosa. But this has been rejected by ...
ANC spokesperson for the same region โ Hasani Ngobeni says delegates should stick to their branch mandate to support Ramaphosa. This comes after influential Limpopo leaders instructed delegates to forgo their branch mandates and not support Ramaphosa. But this has been rejected by the delegates.
The South African president is in a tight race with former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to lead party.
Mr Ramaphosa had faced calls to resign ahead of the conference over an alleged cover up of theft of a large sum of foreign currency that was hidden in a sofa at his private farm. The former health minister was forced to leave office last year after allegations emerged that a communications company linked to his family benefited from a contract at the height of the Covid pandemic. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is in a tight party leadership race against his former health minister - who he forced to resign amid corruption allegations.