Cyril Ramaphosa is the only serving
politician in South Africa who’s led both a labour union and a business
empire. Now chances are rising that he’ll lead the country.
The country’s biggest labour group
last month cautiously backed Ramaphosa to head the ruling African National
Congress (ANC) in two years, a post that would rule out all uncertainties
regarding his succeeding President Jacob Zuma in 2019.
That would crown a comeback from
political obscurity after Thabo Mbeki outmaneuvered him to become deputy
president in 1994 and for the top job when Nelson Mandela stepped down in 1999.
He was only named deputy president last year.
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