Special Report Transcript Episode 79, Section 3, Time 23:20

After months of manoeuvring and counter manoeuvring beleaguered ANC Women’s League President Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has finally been forced to give up on her bid for the ANC’s deputy presidency. This followed a unanimous decision by the Party’s 50th conference to raise the percentage of support required for nominations from the floor from 10 to 25 percent. Ivor Powell reports. // The drama unfolds at the ANC’s 50th National Conference as this ordinary delegate moves across the stage to nominate her candidate for the deputy presidency. // ‘Thank you. For the deputy presidency, I’d like to nominate … Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.’ // But when the chips are down only a 125 hands are raised in support of the nomination. This leaves Madikizela-Mandela with only 15 percent of the votes needed earn the right to contest the deputy presidency against the leadership’s favourite candidate, KwaZulu-Natal leader Jacob Zuma.

Notes: SABC news bulletin, 17 Dec 1997; ‘Mafikeng, North-West Province’

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