The newly elected African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, after it was announced that he had won the vote at the ANC’s elective conference in Johannesburg, Monday Dec. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The newly elected African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, after it was announced that he had won the vote at the ANC’s elective conference in Johannesburg, Monday Dec. 18, 2017. As ANC leader, Ramaphosa, a 65-year-old union leader who became a businessman and is now one of South Africa’s richest people, is likely to become the country’s next president after elections in 2019. Mmusi Maimane, the opposition leader, said in a statement: “Ramaphosa cannot save South Africa, only the voters can in 2019,” in reference to the upcoming national elections. Backers of her main rival, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, say she is peddling populist rhetoric and would rule in the mould of her former husband, president Zuma.

Source: Indian Express December 19, 2017 02:15 UTC