South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) on Monday, overcoming the 'Farmgate' scandal and paving the way for him to contest the presidency again at 2024 elections.
President's campaign dogged by 'Farmgate' scandalJOHANNESBURG, Dec 19 - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress on Monday, overcoming the "Farmgate" scandal and paving the way for him to contest the presidency again at 2024 elections.
Ramaphosa beat former health minister Zweli Mkhize in a ballot at a party gathering in Johannesburg, securing a second five-year term as ANC leader and suggesting continuity in economic policy. Mkhize was health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic, until Ramaphosa put him on special leave last year over after allegations his department irregularly awarded contracts to a communications company controlled by his former associates.In other ballots, ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe retained his position while Fikile Mbalula was elected secretary-general, the official in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.
"The outcome of the 2022 conference has broken the political impasse that arose in the 2017 conference and signals a near obliteration of internal opposition to the ... agenda that President Cyril Ramaphosa has been championing," said Ongama Mtimka, lecturer and political analyst at Nelson Mandela University.South Africa's next general election is due in 2024, following which parliament will choose the president.
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