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The African National Congress (ANC) will announce its successor to current president Jacob Zuma as early as Sunday, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday morning as we arrive we should be able to make an announcement of the top six and take nomination of the rest of the leadership. We need to take out this item from the conference agenda as quickly as possible,\u201d party spokesman Zizi Kodwa told radio station 702 on Friday.<\/p>\n

The winner is likely to emerge as the country’s next president.<\/p>\n

South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and Lindiwe Sisulu, the human settlements minister, agreed to \u201cwork together\u201d in this weekend\u2019s ruling party election, a pact that could boost both their chances of winning the top two posts.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa is a leading candidate to succeed Jacob Zuma as president of the African National Congress, while Sisulu\u2019s own campaign for the job didn\u2019t gain traction.<\/p>\n

She was nominated for deputy in four of the five provinces where Ramaphosa won the most branch votes. Naledi Pandor, the minister of science and technology, was originally put forward as Ramaphosa\u2019s deputy but she didn\u2019t secure any nominations from the country\u2019s nine regions.<\/p>\n

\u201cCyril Ramaphosa and Lindiwe Sisulu have agreed to work together to ensure that the wishes of the branches of the ANC are realized at the upcoming 54th national conference,\u201d the candidates said in a joint statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth candidates continue to engage with branches that nominated them, as well as other stakeholders to ensure that the will of the branches is implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa is in close race with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former chairwoman of the African Union Commission and Zuma\u2019s ex-wife, for control of the 105-year-old party and the agreement with Sisulu, the daughter of party luminary Walter Sisulu, could bring in further support for him.<\/p>\n

The run-up to the vote by 5,240 delegates that\u2019s scheduled for Dec. 17 has caused deep rifts in the ANC and unnerved investors seeking political and policy clarity.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa is an investor favorite, with Izak Odendaal, an investment strategist at Old Mutual Multi-Managers, expecting the rand and South African bonds to strengthen should he win and the opposite to happen if he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Reporting with Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read: Wrong ANC leaders will see it lose power: Makhura<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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