Article: Mbeki, Zuma lead ANC leadership race; contest could determine nation's next president

President Thabo Mbeki and his rival Jacob Zuma emerged as the main candidates for president of the governing African National Congress in nominations last month. One will be named party president during a congress that starts this weekend.

If Zuma wins, he would be in line to be the party's candidate for president of the country in 2009 elections. Mbeki is barred by the constitution from seeking a third term as South Africa's president, but leading the ANC would give him a say in who succeeds him _ and in how the country is run after he steps down.

The following are profiles of the two candidates.

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A member of one of the ANC's most powerful families, the ...

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