South Africa: ANC Leadership Race - Ramaphosa's 'Slate' Announcement Causes Ructions in His Team

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of his preferred leadership slate, should he become president, didn't only draw criticism from within the ANC. It also had his campaign team split in two in a debate about the old versus the new, exposing tension about principles within his camp. By CARIEN DU PLESSIS.

Given his knack for Mantashing, it wasn't really a surprise that ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe slapped the Cyril Ramaphosa campaign with a press release on Monday, without mentioning names, saying the announcement of slates was "unacceptable".

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