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ANC votes for new leader to replace scandal-ridden Zuma

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) voted yesterday to elect a successor to President Jacob Zuma as its leader.

The main contenders are the country’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma’s ex-wife.

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The leadership battle has caused fierce political infighting, raising fears the party may split before 2019 elections.

Mr Zuma has warned the party is under threat and is at a “crossroads”.

The party has been in power since the country transitioned to democracy in 1994 under Nelson Mandela.

More than 5,000 delegates took part in the four-day ANC elective conference at the Expo Centre in Johannesburg.

The leadership contest is expected to be a close one, with legal challenges a possibility. The ballot is done in secret and a result is expected today. 

There had been accusations that bogus delegates were accredited, and that real delegates were barred.

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