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Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ANC party start a five-day meeting in Johannesburg to elect their new leader in a divisive race seen as a pivotal moment in the country's post-apartheid history. IMAGES
Preparations are under way at the venue in Johannesburg where South Africa's ruling ANC party will hold a conference starting Saturday to elect its new leader in a hotly contested two-way race seen as a pivotal moment in the country's post-apartheid history. IMAGES
South Africa's ruling ANC expels its former leader ex-president Jacob Zuma for leading a rival party into elections following disciplinary proceedings. "Former President Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power while claiming that he had not yet severed his membership," ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
Heads of state and guests arrive as South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be sworn in for a new five-year term as president at a ceremony in Pretoria, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal. IMAGES
South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is elected head of the ruling ANC party, winning a bruising race that exposed deep rifts within the organisation that led the struggle against apartheid. SOUNDBITE
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