South Africa's ruling African National Congress delegates were engaged in last minute horse-trading as voting for a new party leader pitting President Cyril Ramaphosa against former health minister Zweli Mkhize began on Sunday.
The winner, who will run for president under the ANC banner in national elections in 2024, has been more or less guaranteed to become president in the nearly three decades since Nelson Mandela ended white minority rule in the country.
More than 4,400 delegates at the ANC's five-day conference in Johannesburg must decide which of the two candidates is best placed to revive its fortunes. On Saturday theyTheir supporters battled in a sing-off in the early hours of Sunday, with Ramaphosa's backers holding up two fingers signalling a second term as leader.
KwaZulu-Natal, with the most registered voting delegates, is backing Mkhize while the Eastern Cape and Limpopo are supporting Ramaphosa.
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