Cyril Ramaphosa is the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), it was announced on Monday.
Timeslive
A total of 4,776 delegates began casting their ballots in the early hours of Monday to choose between the party’s deputy president and former African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Ramaphosa, 65, a former trade union leader, led the historic negotiations in the 1990s to end apartheid before launching a business career that made him one of South Africa’s wealthiest men.
He has promised to tackle state capture and corruption, and prioritise economic growth‚ job creation‚ education and land reform.