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Article: South Africa's ANC elects firebrand Jacob Zuma.(African National Congress)(WEB)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- December 19, 2007
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Byline: Danna Harman Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Johannesburg, South Africa -- It's a remarkable comeback. In 2005, he was accused of corruption and sacked from his job as deputy president. In 2006, the daughter of an old friend, a woman half his age who is diagnosed as HIV positive, accused him of rape. And now, in the final days of 2007, he is in position to become South Africa's next president. Delegates of the African National Congress - the vaunted party of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela - overwhelmingly voted controversial firebrand Jacob Zuma in as its new leader Tuesday at a party conference in the northern city of Polokwane. Mr. ...