Cyril Ramaphosa gestures after taking the oath of office for his second term as South African President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, 19 June 2024. JOHANNESBURG -- Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, took oath as the nation's president for the next five years on Wednesday at a ceremony in Pretoria, the administrative …
In short: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians following a dramatic late coalition deal just hours before the vote. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians following a dramatic late coalition deal just hours before the vote. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians for a second term on Friday, after his party …
Johannesburg: South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the African National Congress in an unprecedented development, as the party that freed the country from apartheid has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years. The dramatically weakened vote share of the ANC, well short of the majority it had held since the famed …
On May 29, South Africans head to the polls. It will be the country’s seventh democratic general election since apartheid ended in 1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected president with the ANC winning 62.5 percent of the 400 seats in the National Assembly. South Africa’s election management body, the IEC, cleared 14,889 candidates, including 70 political parties and 11 independents, …