{"id":447653,"date":"2017-12-16T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/anc-gathers-to-choose-leader-to-replace-jacob-zuma\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:25:10","slug":"anc-gathers-to-choose-leader-to-replace-jacob-zuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/anc-gathers-to-choose-leader-to-replace-jacob-zuma\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC gathers to choose leader to replace Jacob Zuma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Africa\u2019s governing African National Congress (ANC) is preparing to choose a new party leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

The main candidates are the current deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma\u2019s ex-wife.<\/p>\n

Whoever wins is likely to succeed Mr Zuma as South African president.<\/p>\n

But their bitter leadership battle has raised fears that the ANC could split before national elections in 2019.<\/p>\n

President Zuma can remain head of state until those elections. He has been in office since 2009 and South Africa limits the presidency to two five-year terms.<\/p>\n

As delegates gathered for the four-day conference in Johannesburg, Mr Zuma, who faces multiple corruption allegations, has urged the party to unite behind the eventual winner.<\/p>\n

The leadership contest is expected to be a close one, with legal challenges a possibility.<\/p>\n

Source:BBC<\/p>\n

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