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<p>ANC NEC member Nomvula Mokonyane explains why she declined her nomination for the top six and calls on the losing team of the presidential race not to leave the party.</p>


Mokonyane: Why I declined my nomination for the top six

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<p>Voting for the ANC’s top six has concluded. David Mahlobo, ANC NEC member explains who he voted for.</p>


Mahlobo: Why I voted Dlamini-Zuma

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<p>David Mahlobo, ANC NEC calls on fellow comrades to exercise restraint when it comes to commenting on presidential contenders.</p>


Mahlobo cautions Jackson Mthembu over corruption tweet

<p>Battle lines were drawn on Monday for South Africa’s ANC as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of a party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations.</p>
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<p>The vote is perhaps the most pivotal moment for the ANC since it launched black-majority rule under Nelson Mandela’s leadership 23 years ago. With scandal and graft accusations having tainted Zuma’s presidency, the party is deeply divided.</p>
<p>Whoever emerges at the helm of the African National Congress, a 105-year-old liberation movement that dominates Africa’s most industrialized economy, is likely to become the country’s next president after elections in 2019.</p>
<p>A total of 4,776 delegates began casting their ballots in the early hours of Monday, the ANC said, to select between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zuma’s preferred candidate, his ex-wife and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.</p>
<p>Voting was still going on at 0530 GMT.</p>
<p>“Delegates are very exhausted,” an ANC source, who is a voting delegate, told Reuters. “I don’t know how they will run today’s sessions.”</p>
<p>Ramaphosa and Dlamini-Zuma were the only candidates nominated for the ANC leadership at a conference in Johannesburg on Sunday night.</p>
<p>In a boost to Ramaphosa, courts ruled that officials from some provinces seen as supporting Dlamini-Zuma had been elected illegally and were barred from the conference.</p>
<p>The rand currency gained after that news on Friday, extending its gains to more than 2 percent on Sunday..</p>
<p>“The rand is stronger on the likelihood of Cyril Ramaphosa being elected ANC head,” said Brett Birkenstock, a director at Overberg Asset Management. “The markets favor Ramaphosa and expect him to improve the economy.”</p>
<p>The currency, which is expected to be volatile until the new ANC leader is announced, had trimmed most of its gains early on Monday to trade steady at 13.0800 to the dollar by 0553 GMT, off an earlier 3-1/2-month high of 12.7300.</p>
<p>A winner had been expected to be announced on Sunday, but long delays led to the vote being pushed back repeatedly.</p>
<p>ANC spokeswoman Khusela Sangoni said voting was expected to be completed by midday and results announced later on Monday.</p>
<p>“The important discussions around policy will get underway this morning and voting will continue on the sidelines of that,” Sangoni told state television SABC. “And that announcement that we are all waiting for will happen am sure in the early part of the afternoon.”</p>
<h3>LOSE RACE</h3>
<p>On Saturday, Zuma announced plans to raise subsidies for tertiary colleges and universities, a move analysts said was timed to appeal to the party’s more populist members allied to Dlamini-Zuma, the first woman nominated as an ANC presidential candidate.</p>
<p>Zuma has faced allegations of corruption since he became head of state in 2009 but has denied any wrongdoing.</p>
<p>Ramaphosa, a former trade union leader who became a businessman and is now one of the richest people in South Africa, has vowed to fight corruption and revitalize the economy, a message hailed by foreign investors.</p>
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<p>Dlamini-Zuma pledged during her campaign to tackle the racial inequality that has persisted since the end of white-minority rule.</p>
<p>Ramaphosa drew the majority of nominations from party branches scattered across the country. But the complexity of the leadership race makes it uncertain he will win the final count.</p>
<p>“The race is extremely close,” said Susan Booysen, a political analyst at the University of Witwatersrand’s School of Governance in Johannesburg.</p>
<p>“Before today we said Dlamini-Zuma could emerge as a winner. Even if there is a strong lead in terms of branch nominations by the Ramaphosa camp, it’s not clear-cut.”</p>
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<p class="Attribution_content_27_rw">Additional reporting by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Ed Stoddard; Writing by James Macharia; Editing by Paul Simao, Clarence Fernandez and Michael Perry</p>
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South Africa’s ANC votes for new leadership

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<p>Carl Niehaus, ANC NEC member dispels myths that Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will not be about radical economic transformation. He also speaks to CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha about court challenges.</p>


ANC’s Presidential contender Dlamini-Zuma is open to speak to capital

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<p>Policy has never been a problem for the ANC. The problem has been with implementation. So says Professor Tinyiko Maluleke from the University of Pretoria. Implementation will be the biggest headache for the new leader of the ANC.</p>


Policy implementation will be biggest headache for new ANC President – Maluleke

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<p>Should Lindiwe Sisulu be elected as Deputy President of the ANC, she will be breaking the glass ceiling. CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha asked he what it meant to her.</p>


Sisulu’s lone campaign broke away from ANC’s slate tradition

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<p>The author of the book on Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma her race for the Presidency, Carien du Plessis, gives CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha some insights into this enigmatic woman, who could be South Africa’s next president.</p>


Dlamini-Zuma is a very accomplished woman – Carien du Plessis

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<p>Considering of the court verdict nullifying the KZN PEC, how much can the branch still expect to influence the outcome of the ANC presidential election? CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha speaks to Sihle Zikalala, Chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the ANC about the court cases, the odds for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and the implication of ANC National Chairperson Baleka Mbete’s decision to support Cyril Ramaphosa.</p>


Can KZN still influence ANC conference outcome?

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<p>President Jacob Zuma is said to have been actively involved in the factionalisation of the party and the tripartite alliance since he came in to power. SACP leader Solly Mapaila, reflects on this and more.</p>


Is President Jacob Zuma the chief architect of factionalism?

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Aviwe Mtila speaks to Cosatu General Secretary, Bheki Ntshalinthali about the way forward for the alliance, and the likelihood of Cyril Ramaphosa being elected as ANC President.</p>


Hope for the future of the tripartite alliance

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<p>It looks like President Jacob Zuma wants to be remembered as the man who delivered free education. Yesterday morning, President Jacob Zuma announced that South Africa will raise subsidies to universities to 1 percent of gross domestic.</p>


He wants to be remembered as the president who delivered free education- editor, Daily Dispatch

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<p>With West Province having been denied 120 votes, how confident are they that their candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will become President of the ANC? CNBC Africa speaks to Supra Mahumapelo, Chairman of North West for more.</p>


North West’s vision after being denied 120 votes

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<p>At the start of the 54th ANC National Conference, President Jacob Zuma announced that free tertiary education will be provided to families with a combined annual income of less than R350 000.</p>


Free education not an expedient decision – Niehaus

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<p>The ANC Women’s League is proud of the fact that three women had been nominated to stand for the position of President. The ANC Women’s League president and Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini, says this indicates that the structures of the ANC are ready to accept the leadership of women in top position. Earlier today she spoke to CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha.</p>


ANC is ready for women in top leadership – Dlamini

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<p>Stan Mathabatha, Premier of Limpopo &#038; Chairman Limpopo Branch told CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha that the ANC had to get back to the basics of morality and political consciousness.</p>


How the ANC can get back to basics – Limpopo Premier

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<p>The 54th ANC National Conference is African democracy in motion, says comedian Kagiso Lediga. It is also very much like a township wedding, where promises are made and there are big consequences.</p>


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Mahlobo: Why I voted Dlamini-Zuma

Mahlobo cautions Jackson Mthembu over corruption tweet

South Africa’s ANC votes for new leadership

ANC’s Presidential contender Dlamini-Zuma is open to speak to capital

Policy implementation will be biggest headache for new ANC President – Maluleke

Sisulu’s lone campaign broke away from ANC’s slate tradition

Dlamini-Zuma is a very accomplished woman – Carien du Plessis

Can KZN still influence ANC conference outcome?

Is President Jacob Zuma the chief architect of factionalism?

Hope for the future of the tripartite alliance

He wants to be remembered as the president who delivered free education- editor, Daily Dispatch

North West’s vision after being denied 120 votes

Free education not an expedient decision – Niehaus

ANC is ready for women in top leadership – Dlamini

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