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Ronald Lamola plays youth card in bid for ANC deputy presidency

South Africa Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola.
South Africa Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola. © Twitter/@RonaldLamola
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola hopes to become one of the ANC's top six at the party's elective conference in December. The 38-year-old, who is in charge of several highly sensitive legal cases, has the confidence of President Cyril Ramaphosa. [...] (576 words)
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