Meet the newly elected ANC’s top seven officials

PHOTOS: Eddie Mtsweni

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: President

THE re-election of Cyril Ramaphosa for another term at the ANC’s historic 55^th national elective conference put him in pole position to lead the party during the upcoming 2024 general elections.  

Ramaphosa, 70, won the confidence vote despite being dogged by allegations of money laundering after he allegedly kept over $580 000 at his  farm in Bela Bela, Limpopo, without declaring it to the authorities.

Ramaphosa has denied any wrong-doing and has since launched a legal bid to challenge the Section 89 independent panel report, that found he may have violated the constitution.

The independent panel, appointed by the Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said that Ramaphosa has a case to answer as he may have both violated the Constitution and