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One of South Africa's most dynamic women appears set to enter politics, setting off rampant conjecture about whether she could finally help to forge a viable alternative to the seemingly unshakable African National Congress.
Mamphela Ramphele -- a former World Bank managing director and anti-apartheid activist -- acknowledged on Tuesday that she has been wooing potential donors to a new party.
A doctor and successful businesswoman, 65-year-old Ramphele recently wrote a book that was critical of the country's trajectory and in interviews has called the ruling party "corrupt" and "unaccountable".
Recently, Ramphele is said to have been fund-raising in the United States, where she confessed "she is now going into politics to save the country.
