Outgoing ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete says she will officially back Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the party's top job.

Mbete told journalists in Nasrec late on Saturday night that she would officially back Ramaphosa's candidacy as the best long-term prospect for the party and country.

News24 politics editor Mahlatse Mahlase comes to you live from the ANC's national elective conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg.

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