MPUMALANGA Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu was at the weekend elected as the new African National Congress provincial chairman, replacing former premier Mathews Phosa, ANC national spokesman Smuts Ngonyama said on Sunday. Mahlangu, who was nominated by six of the seven regions, narrowly beat provincial legislature speaker William Lubisi. The special conference was convened two years early after an internal ANC probe found ousted provincial chairman, Mathews guilty of factionalism and abuse of power and ordered his removal from all senior positions of power for three years.