AU leaders 'endorse' Dlamini-Zuma for SA's next president as they say goodbye
1 February 2017
Addis Ababa – African Union leaders bade farewell to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma by giving her ringing endorsements for her battle back home.
In her farewell speech she also hinted that she wanted to continue her work on the continent, saying she would "remain a soldier for the African cause".
Dlamini-Zuma's term as AU Commission chairperson ended at the AU summit that was concluded on Tuesday, with Chad Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat elected to succeed her.
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo extensively praised the work she did for women and on gender, and said she could become the second elected female president on the continent should South Africans vote for her.