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17/12/2017 GMT

ANC Delegates To Choose New Leader

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Members of South Africa's ruling party are expected to vote for a new party head today

Thousands of ANC delegates are expected to vote for the new leader of South Africa's deeply divided governing party later today. The two frontrunners are the deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is backed by the business community, and the former foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, one of President Jacob Zuma's former wives. South African journalist Redi Tlhabi tells us about the candidates.

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(Image: ANC delegates in Johannesburg. Credit: Getty Images)

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