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Ramaphosa Receives Re-Election Boost With Mabuyane Vote

SOUTH AFRICA

  • * South Africa’s ruling party elected a close ally of president Cyril Ramaphosa as its chairman in a key region, further bolstering his prospects of winning a second term.
  • Oscar Mabuyane secured the top African National Congress post in the Eastern Cape province, where he serves as premier, at a conference on Monday. He won 812 of the votes cast by party delegates, while his main rival Babablo Madikizela secured 662. The region has the third-biggest contingent of ANC members of the nine provinces after KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
  • Mabuyane has publicly stated that he wants Ramaphosa to retain his post, as have the ANC chairs in the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo — although that’s no guarantee that others delegates from their provinces will follow suit.
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