Shall it be Cyril, shall it be Nkosazana?

Besides, the ANC has never been faced with  a similar crisis directly from the presidency. I can remember three ANC crises its chequered history spanning 105 years! The first was when the young Turks who had formed their ANC Youth League (ANCYL)  to nudge the moderate elders to adopt the Programme of Action to shake things up a bit. The youth got bored of petitions and unending talks with authorities that got isizwe esintsudu (black nation) nowhere! Impatient and energetic, the young Turks wanted the ANC to resort to action: strike, boycott, defiance and demonstration against apartheid meted against them. Programme of (militant) Action the youth wanted the ANC to embark on. 

 Dr AB Xuma, ANC president listened, heard, but was unimpressed. Finding none in the leadership to embrace their Programme, the youth recruited Dr JS Moroka from outside ANC ranks , promptly proposed and had him elected president, willing to lead the Programme of Action campaign they demanded.