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POPULAR: Delegates dance and cheer ANC president Jacob Zuma before his address at the national general council meeting in Durban. (Stringer, AFP)
MAN OF THE MOMENT: President Jacob Zuma salutes after delivering his main address at the opening of the ANC's national general council meeting in Durban. (Stringer, AFP)
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