Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the new leader of the South African ruling National Congress party in South Africa. Jacob Zuma is the leader of the party now.
South Africa's deputy prime minister, Ramaphosa, defeated the former Minister of the country and ex-wife of President Zuma, Nicobasana Dlamini-Zuma in a fierce vote in the party's national congress
Following this, Ramaphosa is in the race for the South African presidential election to be held in 2019.
The party's leadership position led to a serious political confrontation and raised fears of dividing the party before the election.
Delamini-Zuma received 2,261 votes and Ramaphosa, who won 2,440 votes, said the party's spokesman said.
Convention delegates are celebrating in Johannesburg after the election results are released.
The local media reported that the Delimini-Zuma's request for reassignment was delayed in announcing the election results.
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