South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the highly anticipated national election will be held on May 29.
FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses members of the defence force during the Armed Forces Day in Richards Bay, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the highly anticipated national election will be held on May 29. FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates after being re-elected African National Congress president at the ANC national conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 19, 2022.
If it loses its majority, the ANC would need to enter into a coalition to remain in government and keep Ramaphosa — a political protege of Mandela — as president for a second and final five-year term. South Africa has never had a coalition at national level because of the ANC’s dominance.Investigators search the home of South Africa’s Parliament Speaker over bribery allegationsSouth Africans vote for a party and not a presidential candidate in a general election.
The EFF said the election is “an opportunity for all South Africans to put an end to the misery we have suffered as a nation under the incompetent, corrupt and misguided governance of the ruling party, the ANC.”
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