South Africa's Ramaphosa to be sworn in as president
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South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is to be sworn in as president at a ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC)
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South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is to be sworn in as president at a ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC)
Ramaphosa has taken his oath of office and will lead a government of national unity. Among those partnering him in government are his largest rivals, the Democratic Alliance.
For the first time since the advent of democracy in 1994, the party of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress, lost its absolute majority in parliament and was left scrambling to find coalition partners to remain in power.
The African National Congress lost its majority grip on power in South Africa’s recent national elections. It was a humbling defeat, but on Wednesday, after weeks of political wrangling , the party’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, was sworn into another term as president.
