Jacob Zuma Re-Elected As Leader Of His Party. Here At Amazing, We Say Congratulations Mr President.

Jacob Zuma is expected to spend at least another five years as President of South Africa after he was re-elected leader of his party yesterday.

Zuma – who has been married six times and is estimated to have 20 children – defeated Kgalema Motlanthe, his only challenger for the leadership of the African National Congress, by 2,983 votes to 991.  

Other parties lack the support enjoyed in the post-apartheid era by the ANC, whose members dominate the National Assembly that elects the nation’s president for a five-year term.

Mr Zuma, who has faced corruption allegations since he became president in 2009, said: ‘What we do … is in the interest, not just of our organisation, but of our country and its people.’

A smiling Zuma came to the stage immediately after the announcement, waving to the cheering crowd with both hands.

After his victory he said: 'We can boast that we’re a leader of our society, that therefore we have something to contribute to the democratic life of this country, to this democratic Republic of South Africa.'