South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (L) congratulates his newly appointed party Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) at the National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Bloemfontein December 18, 2012. Zuma held off a challenge from Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe for the leadership of the ANC, which has ruled South Africa since the country's first democratic elections in 1994. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS)