{"id":450717,"date":"2017-12-29T03:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/npp-congratulates-new-anc-leader-cyril-ramaphosa\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T03:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:03:52","slug":"npp-congratulates-new-anc-leader-cyril-ramaphosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/npp-congratulates-new-anc-leader-cyril-ramaphosa\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP congratulates new ANC Leader, Cyril Ramaphosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74290877.295.jpg\" alt=\"Phosa2\" title=\"Phosa2\" width=\"295\" height=\"163\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Cyril Ramaphosa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514516632_754_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated outgoing Deputy South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as Leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP also congratulates Cyril Ramaphosa, the outgoing Deputy President, for emerging victorious at the ANC&#8217;s 54th Elective Conference in Johannesburg,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyril Ramaphosa, an anti-apartheid activist turned politician has been chosen to lead the Continent&#8217;s oldest Liberation Movement, the Africa National Congress, as its leader for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>He will replace President Jacob Zuma as Leader of the ANC after he defeated his closest contender, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zumah, former Senior Minister and out gone Chairperson of the African Union Commission by a margin of 179 votes to emerge the winner of the keenly contested primaries.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP in a statement signed by it Acting General Secretary, MrJohn Boadu expressed its confidence in the ability of Mr. Ramaphosa to turnaround the economic fortunes of South Africa and improve the living condition of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP is convinced that the election of Ramaphosa, whose campaign primarily centred on the 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