# In a News24/SABI poll, Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has received a favourability rating of 48-percent as the person South Africans want as president of the country. The poll was conducted among five-thousand-and-one registered voters. President Cyril Ramaphosa is second with a 40-percent favourability rating. Among those who will vote for the ANC in next month’s local government elections, Motsepe is the popular choice at 38-percent, with deputy president Paul Mashatile at 26-percent. Freedom Front Plus leader Corné Mulder received the lowest favourability rating of 15-percent.
News24/SABI poll shows Patrice Motsepe as the popular figure to lead South Africa