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South Africa Parliament To Elect Ramaphosa As President Thursday

  South Africa’s parliament will elect Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s new president on Thursday, the ruling ANC party said, after Jacob Zuma resigned in … Continue reading South Africa Parliament To Elect Ramaphosa As President Thursday


(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 08, 2017 South Africa’s Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete reads the results of a vote of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma in the South African National Assembly in Cape Town. South Africa postponed the State of the Nation address on February 6, 2018 parliament speaker Baleka Mbete announced. MARK WESSELS / AFP
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 08, 2017 South Africa’s Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete reads the results of a vote of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma in the South African National Assembly in Cape Town. South Africa postponed the State of the Nation address on February 6, 2018 parliament speaker Baleka Mbete announced.
MARK WESSELS / AFP

 

South Africa’s parliament will elect Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s new president on Thursday, the ruling ANC party said, after Jacob Zuma resigned in a late-night television address.

The African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in parliament, said in a statement that it would nominate Ramaphosa, a wealthy former businessman, “to be elected as the new President of the Republic of South Africa”.

AFP