Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as president of the ANC at the party’s 55th elective conference at Nasrec.<\/p>\n
Ramaphosa secured his second term as party leader with 2,476 votes versus the 1,897 votes for Zweli Mkhize, the only challenger up for nomination. 4,384 votes were cast.<\/p>\n
However, Ramaphosa’s favoured deputy, Oscar Mabuyane, did not emerge victorious in the race for deputy president, losing to Paul Mashatile, who secured 2,178 votes, versus Mabuyane’s 1,858.<\/p>\n
The race for the national chairperson was extremely close – won by the incumbent, Gwede Mantashe, who secured 2,062 votes, followed closely by Stanley Mathabatha with 2,018 votes.<\/p>\n
Fikile Mbalula emerged as the favourite for secretary-general, with 1,692 votes, ahead of contenders Phumulo Masualle (1,590) and Mdumiseni Ntuli (1,080).<\/p>\n
The ANC has transformed its top 6 into the top 7 with the introduction of a second deputy secretary general position.<\/p>\n
The first deputy secretary-general position was also a close race, with Nomvula Mokonyane pipping Tina Joemat-Peterson with 2,195 votes versus the latter’s 2,145.<\/p>\n
The second deputy secretary-general went to Maropene Ramokgopa with 2,373 votes. The only challenger, Ronalda Nolumango, got 1,948 votes.<\/p>\n
For the position of treasurer general, four names were up for election – Gwen Ramapkgopa took the position with the most votes, 1,809, with current ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe coming in second with 1,622 votes.<\/p>\n
With the exception of Paul Mashatile and Nomvula Mokonyane, who were on Mkhize’s slate, the election’s outcome represents a relatively clean sweep for president Ramaphosa, with five of the seven names on his slate taking the key positions.<\/p>\n
The party results are as follows:<\/p>\n