Outgoing President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, has praised the running of the party’s elective conference saying that the power of the branches to select a new leader is a lesson in democracy for the opposition.
Zuma was speaking to the media during a walkabout at the conference being held at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg.
Vote counting is now underway after more than 4 700 delegates cast their ballots for the top leadership of the party.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is going head-to-head against former African Union chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the presidency of the ANC.
President Jacob Zuma says the ANC is providing opposition parties with a lesson in democratic practice. Click below for more on the conference:
