Leaving it to the ANC's delegates and the Almighty – Dlamini-Zuma
14 December 2017
Ekurhuleni – Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her backers believe they have done all they could to ensure she becomes the next ANC president as well as the 105-year-old movement’s first female leader.
The former African Union Commission chairperson spoke at an ANC Women’s League fundraising gala dinner held in her honour. This was also her final speaking engagement before the ANC’s much anticipated national elective conference that gets underway on Saturday.
"Now we leave it in the hands of the delegates and the Almighty. We have done what we could as we close this campaign," said Dlamini-Zuma as she thanked the different members of her campaign team for the work they had done throughout the year to try and secure her a win.
Dlamini-Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa are the front runners in what was initially a seven-horse race for the leadership of the ANC, but ANC’s branches have put Ramaphosa in the lead with 1 859 nominations, while Dlamini-Zuma received 1 330 nods. Margins which several pundits have said are too close to call.