Ramaphosa set for re-election in South Africa after coalition agreement

The agreement was necessary after the ANC party lost its 30-year majority in a humbling national election for it last month.

Cyril Ramaphosa listens as members of parliament are sworn in ahead of an expected vote to decide if he is re-elected as leader of the country

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was expected to be re-elected for a second term on Friday after his African National Congress (ANC) party signed a last-minute coalition agreement with its long-time political rival as the new Parliament convened to choose the country’s leader.

The deal, which parties referred to as a government of national unity, will bring the ANC together in government with the Democratic Alliance (DA), a white-led party that had for years been the main opposition and a fierce foe for the ANC.