South Africa
Frontrunner Cyril Ramaphosa draws up his final "top six" shortlist for ANC congress

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to questions in parliament surrounding cash allegedly kept on his private farm, in Cape Town, South Africa, September 29, 2022.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to questions in parliament surrounding cash allegedly kept on his private farm, in Cape Town, South Africa, September 29, 2022. © Esa Alexander/Reuters
The South African leader and president of the African National Congress, who looks likely to be re-elected at the ANC's elective conference in December, has already picked his favoured candidates for the party's top jobs. The vice-president and treasurer roles are proving the trickiest to choose. [...]
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