South African President Zuma re-elected ANC President

TTTXN correspondent in South Africa said that the current President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), President Jacob Zuma, has been re-elected as President of the ANC for a second consecutive term.

In the vote conducted on the afternoon of December 18 at the 53rd Congress of the ANC in Bloemfomtein city, Mr. Zuma won 2,983 out of 3,977 votes, defeating his only opponent, ANC Deputy President and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, who received only 991 votes.

President Jacob Zuma expressed his joy after being re-elected as ANC President for a second consecutive term. (Source: whbl.com)

Also in the vote, a veteran member of the ANC, billionaire Cyirl Ramaphosa, was elected ANC Deputy President after winning 3,018 votes, far surpassing his two opponents Tokyo Sexwwale and Mathews Phosa.

With this result, Mr. Zuma will automatically become the sole candidate of the ANC to run in the 2014 general election. Analysts say that with the ANC's overwhelming position in South African politics today, he will almost certainly be re-elected as President for a second 5-year term, 2014-2019./.

According to (TTXVN) - DT