South Africa's president has vowed to purge his party of 'bad and deviant tendencies' as he prepares to appoint a new Cabinet following a victory in national elections.
In his first speech to supporters since the election win, current President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will not appoint leaders who work"to fill their own pockets."
Ramaphosa, a Mandela protege, has vowed to clean up the rot and apologized to South Africans. But his new five-year term is threatened by Zuma allies within the ANC's leadership, who could pressure the party to oust him from power. Ramaphosa on Sunday urged ANC leaders to not hang the party's"dirty linen in public" and said the party must be renewed"so that we cleanse it of all the bad and deviant tendencies."
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