It’s Zuma

It was almost anti-climactic, but as expected, Jacob Zuma is the new president of the African National Congress.  

 Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki embrace at the Polokwane conference. (Lisa Skinner, Mail & Guardian)

Zuma's 2,329 votes comfortably outpaced Thabo Mbeki's 1,505. Strap yourselves in. 2008 is going to be a hell of a year in South African politics.