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Vol 67 No 5

Published 6th March 2026


South Africa

Patrice Motsepe isn’t running for the Presidency – but his campaign won’t listen

Top ANC officials have rebuked lobbyists who want the mining billionaire and sports funder to run for the party leadership

South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe is emerging as a reluctant challenger for the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) at the party’s elective conference at the end of next year. He’s reluctant in the sense that his business and political associates are urging him to run; he has spent his life building a mining company and has never contested for office before.

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