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President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as ANC president at last year’s elective conference. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa has won his re-election. Will he squander an opportunity to salvage his and the ANC’s legacy?

The question for Ramaphosa, who would be 75 by the year 2027, is, just what are you going to do to salvage your legacy as the ANC’s 14th president and the country’s fifth since…

Newly elected National Executive Committee members of the ANC (From L to R) Second Deputy Secretary-General Maropene Ramokgopa, First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane, Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile and Treasurer General Gwen Ramokgopa pose for a photo during the 55th National Conference of the ANC at NASREC

It’s a Molo Molo world as Ramaphosa’s forces win the day

Ethnic chauvinism and table banging don’t win conferences once one crosses the Drakensberg mountains

Supporters of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa take part in the 55th National Conference of the ANC at NASREC in Johannesburg on December 16, 2022. (Photo by Luca SOLA / AFP)

Analysis | Ramaphosa will pay a heavy policy price for his victory

The president’s leadership strategy of trying to unite opposing groups within the ANC through key appointments across the board has failed

Ramaphosa’s campaign team have steadfastly wanted Gwede “Tiger” Mantashe to roar back into his current position as national chairperson when the conference closes on Tuesday.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The ANC’s antics of adolescence

Lobbying at the party’s conference is akin to the top seven township playground game

(Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Either way, the ANC is still the #1 tsotsi

Despite having put measures in place to prevent corruption, little or no work has been done by the party, leaving it open to more scrutiny in 2023

Winning back the trust of South Africans will be the hardest task ahead for the ANC and will require decisive action that puts the interests of the people and the country before the party.

Kettling: How the ANC is limiting media access to delegates

It didn’t used to be like this — the sad fact is that the ANC is ashamed of its delegates, or some of them. They don’t trust their own people any more

Carl Niehaus resigned a few days after the ANC national disciplinary committee resolved to expel him from the party.

Phala Phala vs. Digital Vibes: As the voting kicks off, its anybody’s ANC presidency

Zweli Mkhize has closed the gap between himself and Cyril Ramaphosa in the days leading up to the leadership vote

Gwede Mantashe and President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)

Has the Phala Phala debacle helped Mantashe ingratiate himself in Ramaphosa camp

The minerals and energy minister could be the de facto prime minister of Cyril Ramaphosa after aiding the president through turbulent times

Sweating: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as ANC president might not be certain. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Could Ramaphosa lose ANC leadership?

Ramaphosa’s main opponent in this conference has been regarded as the wave of support brewing from Paul Mashatile’s forces

It was former president
 Thabo Mbeki who once lamented what he perceived as the swelling of the governing ANC’s ranks with “imigodoyi”. (Photo by ALEXANDER JOE / AFP)

Cry the beloved country: The ANC is bereft of ideas, plans and programmes

Those who are the cause of this chaos surely cannot be the ones to salvage the liberation party from its own demise

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

A dramatic day one at Nasrec indicates a rough week for Cyril Ramaphosa

Delays in registration and the delayed arrival by Jacob Zuma nearly stole president’s show

Decisions: The coalitions the ANC choose to form seem likely to shape which way the South African economy will go. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Editorial | ANC conference: The problem is the party, not Ramaphosa

Like a toxic relationship, the governing party has sapped the strength of its supporters

Woman alone: Jessie Duarte was elected and re-elected the ANC’s deputy secretary general in 2012 and 2017. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s time for the ANC to let the women lead

Only two women have been nominated for a top six position – both as deputy secretary general

(John McCann/M&G)

ANC conference: Phala Phala must not detract from critical governance issues

South Africa is likely to have coalition governments at every level so the ANC – and opposition parties – must prepare for this

Expelled ANC member Carl Niehaus will launch his Radical Economic Transformation (RET) Movement — which might eventually become a political party and contest elections — by the end of the month. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

It’s Zweli Mkhize vs Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC conference

Comrade Carl joins the Outside Delegates as those on the conference floor earn their Christmas bonus

Empty promises: The ruling party has not moved all South Africans forward. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The arms deal was the ANC’s original sin that set the stage for corruption in South Africa today

The Political Party Funding Act and the Public Audit Amendment Act should, in theory, help clean up the mess

President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Wake up, Ramaphosa, there is a political war on

The president cannot rely on ANC MPs in the National Assembly to vote against initiating an impeachment process

The ANC’s top six at their last policy conference. Later today, the top six candidates for the upcoming conference will be revealed.

ANC’s top six for the next five years will end some political careers

Later today, we’ll know the ANC’s top six candidates for the elective conference that takes place between 16-21 December