Cyril Ramaphosa elected as South Africa's new president
South Africa's parliamenta few minutes ago elected Cyril Ramaphosa,
unopposed, as the country's new president just hours after Jacob Zuma
resigned in a late-night television address after a nine-year rule.
The African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in parliament, said earlier today that they would nominate the wealthy former business man who became Zuma's vice president since 2014 and that just happened.
The appointment of Ramaphosa, leader of the ruling African National
Congress party since December 2017, was met with anger by some members
of the ultra-left Economic Freedom Fighters party, who walked out of the
chamber in protest before the vote took place.
The 65-year-old Ramaphosa who, as deputy president, became interim
leader immediately after Zuma's resignation on Wednesday made his name
as a trade union leader during the apartheid era and as the chief
negotiator for Nelson Mandela, helping to shepherd the country out of
white minority rule.
When Mandela's presidency came to a close, he made it clear that he
wanted Ramaphosa to succeed him. But Ramaphosa lost the race to lead the
ANC and the country to Thabo Mbeki, another anti-apartheid leader who
returned to South Africa after living in exile.
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