Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected as the leader of the African National Congress party
Ramaphosa beat his rival, former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize by 2,476 votes to 1,897 votes from a total of 4,386 votes cast by party delegates from across the country.
Ramaphosa’s victory paves the way for him to run for reelection to a second term as South Africa’s president in the national elections in 2024. Ramaphosa admitted that his government was partly to blame for the country’s electricity crisis, speaking at the opening of the conference on Friday. He vowed that his government would ensure an adequate supply of electricity by purchasing more renewable energy over the next few years.
Mkhize was forced to resign as health minister over a scandal in which his family was found to have benefitted from a government contract.
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