Johannesburg - The announcement that Cyril Ramaphosa is the new president of the ANC was positively received by social media users, who added to the barrage of memes and reactions related the 54th ANC elective conference.
Shortly after Ramaphosa was confirmed as the party's president, users took to social media to retweet and share numerous memes.
From reacting to the rand’s strengthening to images of an elated Ramaphosa, scores of tweets and posts littered Facebook and Twitter, leading to #ANC54 and Cyril Ramaphosa trending on Twitter during Monday's announcement and on Tuesday morning.
Users made use of the moment to mock South African and former ANC president Jacob Zuma.
They also poked fun at the ANC’s Top 6, who were elected on Monday. David Mabuza was elected deputy president; Gwede Mantashe was elected national chairperson; Ace Magashule elected as secretary general; Jessie Duarte was elected as deputy secretary general and Paul Mashatile was elected treasurer general.Ramaphosa beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to become the new president of the ANC during the party’s national elective conference held in at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg.
Cyril this morning,with comrades trying to stay out of jail #ANC54 results #ANC54thconference #anc54 #CR17siyavuma #CR17 #cyril ramaphosa @MYANC @CountryDutyZA pic.twitter.com/NCrkB1aEnL
— Makhema Ofhani (@khemipress) December 19, 2017
Cyril Ramaphosa right now #ShaunAbrahams #Nxasana #jacobzuma pic.twitter.com/fPTr8GYYRO
— Tiišetšo Maloma (@TiisetsoMaloma) December 8, 2017
Meme for the history books #ANC54 #ANCConference2017 pic.twitter.com/y3nDXlBNMD
— Melusi Maposa (@MelusiMaposa) December 18, 2017
?????? I’m just checking if this puppets managed to wake up this morning #ANC54 #CyrilRamaphosa #ANCElectiveConference pic.twitter.com/TJo0rwCWEO
— Thabiso. (@JerryTaba) December 19, 2017
#ANC54 #ANCElectiveConference #CountryDuty
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) December 18, 2017
Breaking:
The ANC Deputy SG is Jessie Duarte pic.twitter.com/QBu0lhQbSO
#ANC54 #ANCElectiveConference #CountryDuty
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) December 18, 2017
It's been a hectic campaign!
Thanks for staying up for the tweets & chats!
On to the next one! pic.twitter.com/TiMj1gwx5A
#ANC54 #ANCElectiveConference#CountryDuty
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) December 19, 2017
They say... pic.twitter.com/cInXeI377n
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