Tokyo: A Late Charge
After media reports earlier in the week asserted that Tokyo had no branch nominations, the Business Day reports that he may have been written off too soon:

Business Day independently verified that Sexwale ha d secured more than a dozen presidential nominations from branches in the party’s Waterbe rg region in Limpopo. A Sexwale lobbyist in Limpopo said yesterday he had managed to gain support in the region by “weakening” an already “disillusioned” Mbeki support base.

“The simple fact is that TM (Thabo Mbeki) has not done enough as ANC president — the party is on its knees, as the country’s president — our people are still living in poverty. They have bought into the Sexwale dream.

He has an almost impossibly long way to go, but if there's a sliver of hope for Tokyo, I'll take it.

Thabo Mbeki was quick to turn on Tokyo though, stating that leaders who were campaigning for the presidency would be rejected by the party at the elective national conference next month.

According to the Business Day, Mbeki has thus far received 270 nominations to Zuma's 80.