South Africa: Check the Motives of Those Pushing Motlanthe

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Johannesburg — THOSE in the chattering classes still hoping Jacob Zuma will be replaced by his party deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, as the African National Congress's (ANC's) presidential candidate are living in a fool's paradise.

While that idea has no legs among the majority of power brokers inside the ANC and its allies, the lobby does suggest the succession race in the ANC beyond Zuma has begun.

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