🔒 How will “Ramaphoria” affect the ANC’s electoral performance in KwaZulu-Natal, the stronghold of his nemesis, former president Jacob Zuma?
Following rules: KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairperson Sihle Zikalala toes the party line despite supporting former president Jacob Zuma.
Sihle Zikalala, who backed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opponent at Nasrec in December 2017, believes the ANC’s message of unity has resonated in KwaZulu-Natal, enough to ensure that his party would retain a grip on the province. The resurgence of the Inkatha Freedom Party , the implosion of the National Freedom Party and the “Zuma factor” in the ANC renders it an unpredictable race for the governing party.
In the run-up to the ANC’s watershed 54th national conference a little more than a year ago, Zikalala was at the forefront of the unsuccessful campaign to elect Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as president of the governing party.
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