In December, delegates will come together for the 54th ANC National Conference during which new officials will be elected to lead the party for the next five years. This is a contentious issue, because the president of the ANC will almost certainly become the next president of the nation in 2019, or earlier. Although there are several comrades battling it out for the seat at the head of the table, this is really a race between Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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