There is a new entrant in the ANCs 2027 leadership race and senior party figures are said to favour her.
National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza is understood to have formally thrown her hat into the ring as a contender to succeed ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa.
She is expected to face off against deputy president Paul Mashatile and ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula for the top post.
