South Africa’s parliament choosing president amid uncertainty

The governing ANC is depending on former foes to give Cyril Ramaphosa a second term and extend its three-decade hold on power.
South Africa’s newly elected parliament has convened to choose the country’s next president, with the country on a political knife-edge since last month’s election.
Lawmakers meeting on Friday are expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government after his governing African National Congress (ANC) party cobbled together a coalition deal following the May 29 vote.
Ramaphosa, 71, is seeking a second term but his ANC party has been weakened after losing its long-held majority, gathering 40 percent of the vote. It will now need the support of other parties if Ramaphosa is to return as president.
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[@juliaelifas]

Wrong choice will affect SA for 5 years

[@leoncoetzer]

Thirty years later and the irony of the times we live in. I went into exile supporting the ANC as a socialist and watched, powerless, as the ANC and other 'socialist' parties migrated with ease to greed and capitalism and dismantled our country with fervour by stealing everything they could shift. They filled positions with incompetent cadres and broke the backs of the poor. Our socialists are now concerned about the DA? the only party to have run municipalities with success in South Africa. This saddens me to say but the DA is needed to keep the public servants in check because socialism comes with a cheque

[@icedancer2370]

Hopefully they can work together. The remaining ANC cadres have much in common with the DA’s agenda save for the far right and far left of most parties.

[@sheep.herder]

Sth Africa champions of justice 🏆

[@second2none914]

The ANC sold South Africa

[@oksmokey20-cl9uw]

Arab withdrawal from occupied City of David, Gaza, Judean Desert Israel is only way towards peace

[@thundercatt5265]

.... let the deal seal and heal.... forward progress thru the partnership .... work it out not work against each other ..

[@munyaradzimadhangi5626]

real chaos

[@tomjones9082]

How soon after the Gov't change before they drop/ withdraw the ICC/ ICJ submission for Israel's genocide case?

[@ibrahimhassen9450]

change the name of african national congress

[@StarLight-sl9ok]

Europeans still running South Africa

[@musadube1647]

😂😂 South Africa is a very funny country they fought apartheid for many years and they still fall into the same hands in the 20 first century 😂😂 this makes me remember the movie The walking dead 😅😅

[@user-hm6en7si1b]

Da

[@hamzamuhammad896]

Let's go ANC 💪🏽

[@aminaabrahams7653]

Don't forget the coloured community that has been side line for years.