Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as South Africa's president just hours after the country's scandal-plagued leader Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday. The ANC, which replaced Zuma as party leader in December with then Deputy President Ramaphosa, ordered him to step down on Tuesday. Ramaphosa also played an important role in drafting South Africa's post-apartheid constitution. By the time Ramaphosa sold out of Shanduka in 2014, he was one of South Africa's 20 richest people. "Cyril has got to be wiser than President Zuma," said Sdumo Dlamini, president of South African trade union federationand a member of the ANC's national executive.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2018 12:56 UTC