Zuma re-elected president of South Africa's ruling party

December 18, 2012 20:35

South Africa's ruling African National Congress today re-elected President Jacob Zuma as the party chief with a thumping majority, effectively paving the way for him to retain the presidency until 2017 if the ANC wins the general elections in 2013.

Zuma, 70, received the support of over 75 per cent of the total voting delegates at the ANC National Conference held in Bloemfontein.

However, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe was ousted and replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa, one of the architects of the new South African Constitution, which saw Nelson Mandela become the country's first democratically-elected President in 1994.

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