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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The ANC’s December leadership contest is hotting up as branches name their preferred candidates – and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is among the first to be nominated as party leader.<\/p>\n

Dlamini-Zuma was nominated at an event her eThekwini Ward 32 branch hosted in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister said last week that she was willing to contest for the ANC presidency for a second time if she was nominated.<\/p>\n

ANC branch general meetings (BGMs), which started over the weekend, continue this week.<\/p>\n

National executive members Lindiwe Sisulu and Zweli Mkhize were also eager for backing.<\/p>\n

Sisulu was in the Amathole region in the Eastern Cape over the weekend, where an ANC branch promised her a nomination in Tamara, Ngqushwa.<\/p>\n

The branch said it was time for a woman to lead the party after men had failed to do so for 28 years, branch chairperson Phumlani Mdolomba said, according to a Daily Dispatch report.<\/p>\n

Mkhize launched his presidential bid last week with a speech criticising ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his supporters. He said they were using state resources to attack opponents.<\/p>\n

News24 reported last week that Dlamini-Zuma’s nomination had the backing of former president Jacob Zuma, who also told those aligned to the party’s radical economic transformation faction to support her.<\/p>\n

ANC presidential race: Mkhize, Sisulu remain resolute amid Zuma’s call to endorse Dlamini-Zuma<\/p>\n

Paul Mashatile, Ronald Lamola and Mmamoloko Kubayi are vying for the deputy presidency and are expected to be nominated.<\/p>\n

After a few months of uncertainty about who will meet the threshold for nominations, the picture will become clearer in coming weeks as branches – not the party’s leaders – have their say.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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