Mr Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president in 2019 polls and may be soon before that, writes BBC online Tuesday
Mr Ramaphosa defeated Ms Dlamini-Zuma by 2,440 votes to 2,261.
Mr Ramaphosa has the backing of the business community. He campaigned as the anti-Zuma candidate, promising to target corruption, and his victory could mean that the ANC decides to recall Mr Zuma as national president in the next few weeks.
The Supreme Court ruled in October that Mr Zuma should face corruption, fraud, racketeering and money-laundering charges.
Ms Dlamini-Zuma, 68, had been critical of the enduring power of white-owned businesses and had pledged to tackle what she said was continued racial inequality.
Analysts said that Mr Zuma had backed his former wife.
Zuma kan måske snart være fortid
Mr Zuma’s future looks uncertain. In theory he could remain South African president until national elections in 2019, restricting Mr Ramaphosa’s room for manoeuvre.
But it’s extremely likely that a victorious Mr Ramaphosa will seek the “recall” of President Zuma by the ANC, BBC notes. The ANC recalled Mr Zuma’s predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, in 2008 after Mr Zuma replaced him as ANC leader the previous year.
If that happens, then things could move very quickly, and a President Ramaphosa would probably move fast to remove Mr Zuma’s allies from key positions.
Opinion polls suggest that the ANC stands a better chance of shoring up its waning popular support and winning the 2019 elections under Mr Ramaphosa’s leadership.
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