The number of votes a camp would need has gotten lower, as the stakes are getting higher - and it's probably Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who is smiling again after this round as the ANC's 54th national conference gets off the ground. By CARIEN DU PLESSIS.
As credentials have been adopted and the number of votes needed to win the presidency has dropped by 489 from 2,879 to 2,389. While it is difficult to say which camps the majority of the "lost" 981 candidates belong to, it's possible to look at provincial figures to try and hazard a guess as to where things might be standing as the conference finally gets under way.
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