Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on the new leader of South Africa's ruling party (all times local):
12:50 a.m.
The new leader of South Africa's ruling party and the country's likely next president says the African National Congress must halt corruption "within our own ranks."
Cyril Ramaphosa is making his first address as ANC leader as the party faces its weakest point since it took power at the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule in 1994.
The party has faced growing public frustration over multiple allegations of corruption against President Jacob Zuma.
Ramaphosa says party members must avoid being motivated by personal gain.
___
12:30 a.m.
The new leader of South Africa's ruling party and the country's likely next president is making his first speech as he tries to reunite the African National Congress at its weakest point since taking power at the end of apartheid.
Cyril Ramaphosa, once Nelson Mandela's preferred successor, is proclaiming a "victory over the doomsayers" after some observers said the party could split amid growing frustration over scandal-prone President Jacob Zuma.
Ramaphosa says the thousands of ruling party delegates have seen Africa's oldest liberation movement "at its worst ... divided against itself."
But the deputy president, who now faces the challenge of reviving the economy and the country's trust in the ANC ahead of 2019 elections, says that "we are alive, we are leading and we are here to stay."
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
