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May 22, 2019
South Africa’s parliament dulyelected the ruling African National Congress (ANC)‘s Cyril Ramaphosa to retainthe office of the president.
Ramaphosa was widely expected to beretained as president by the 400 lawmakers in parliament’s National Assemblylower house, where his party holds the majority. He will be inaugurated onSaturday.
The ANC easily won South Africa’sMay 8 general election, but its vote share fell to a post-apartheid low,reflecting anger at corruption and racial inequality still entrenched ageneration since the former liberation movement took power.
Since replacing Zuma, Ramaphosa haspledged to fight corruption, reform struggling state-owned companies and revivea sclerotic economy. But he has struggled to enact reforms in the face ofopposition from party rivals.