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Cyril Ramaphosa's headaches before ANC's conference

Though ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa enjoyed the lion’s share of branch support in the ANC leadership nomination process, several headaches await him. He is likely to be paired with treasurer-general and acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile as his number two.

Mashatile transcends many factions, bringing with him support that demonstrates cross-cutting cleavages across the party base. Alignment between the two and their support bases will take painstaking management of often thorny dynamics.