"and now is the time for the ANC to have a female deputy president." This statement puzzles me. The only time to have a female president, is "anytime", not necessarily "now". What makes the present, i.e. right now so important in your view? If, at anytime in the past, the present, and/or the near future, a suitable "person" is considered to be presidential material, so be it, male or female. Unfortunately for us, the SA cupboard is very "old mother Hubbard" right now, (of any gender).