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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tim Cocks and Alexander Winning

Contest for South Africa's ANC leadership a two-horse race

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the 55th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

South Africa's ruling African National Congress nominated just two candidates to run for its top job on Saturday, leaving President Cyril Ramaphosa facing the health minister he suspended over corruption allegations in a party vote.

The winner will have the ANC's blessing to run for president in 2024 elections under its banner, historically a shoo-in for the country's top job ever since the party's leading light Nelson Mandela ended white minority rule in 1994.

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