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ANC Meets to Choose New Leader
The race is on to succeed Jacob Zuma as leader of the African National Congress
The race is on to succeed Jacob Zuma as leader of the African National Congress. The two main candidates are former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (President Zuma's ex-wife) and South Africa's current deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Also in the programme: Civil rights activist and Alabama native Patricia Gaines on her return to Selma to help stop Roy Moore; and a new documentary explores the life of Afghan director and producer Salim Shaheen, as he wows the masses with Bollywood-inspired movie.
Photo: ANC leadership candidates Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa. Credit: Reuters / AFP.
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