Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as South African president for second term after deal

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa after being re-elected for a second term (Jerome Delay/AP)

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday after his African National Congress party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with the main opposition and other parties.

Mr Ramaphosa, 71, won convincingly in a vote against a surprise candidate who was also nominated in parliament – Julius Malema, the leader of the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters.