Round 4,500 ANC delegates from South Africa’s 9 provinces are gathered this Saturday at a convention centre on the outskirts of Johannesburg to elect their subsequent chief and contender for the 2024 normal election.

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is in search of re-election for a second time period.

Regardless of a latest scandal, Ramaphosa nonetheless enjoys the official help of the social gathering.

The one rival to the South African president is his former well being minister, 66-year outdated Zweli Mkhize with vital much less help.

The social gathering, which has been in energy for the reason that finish of apartheid has been shedding floor within the polls for the previous decade.

Final 12 months, for the primary time within the social gathering’s historical past, its share of the vote fell under 50% in native elections.

Thirty years after the tip of apartheid, South Africa is tormented by excessive unemployment and crime charges, rising poverty and inequality, and file energy cuts because the power disaster worsens.