SAfm — The Food and Allied Workers Union, FAWU, has joined teachers union SADTU in endorsing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the position of ANC president in 2017. The latest move points to a strong indication that the trade union federation COSATU will throw its weight behind Ramaphosa to succeed Jacob Zuma as the country's Head of State in 2018. The ANC Women's and Youth leagues have declared their support for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be at the helm of the ruling party in two years time. Speaking on the sidelines of COSATU's national congress in Midrand north of Johannesburg, FAWU's General Secretary Katishi Masemola said they backed Ramaphosa to be the ANC's next President.