Africa
S.Africa beaming at Dlamini-Zuma's African Union victory
South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma speaks during a press conference on July 15, 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo/AFP
By AFP
Posted Monday, July 16 2012 at 19:10
Posted Monday, July 16 2012 at 19:10
Her election as the first woman to head the organisation "speaks volumes for the gains made in fighting patriarchy on the African continent," said the league.
On the streets, Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean Derek Mtambo, 32, a freight broker, thinks "politically, she's going to mould Africa, I'm very confident."
"She's going to look at some hotspots... for example, the Zimbabwean crisis. She will tackle that one definitely," Mtambo said.
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