Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to address the issue of corruption as he was voted in by parliamentarians as South Africa’s new president, following the scandal-tainted reign of his predecessor Jacob Zuma. Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to address the issue of corruption as he was voted in by parliamentarians as South Africa’s new president, following the scandal-tainted reign of his predecessor Jacob Zuma. “I will try very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa,” Mr Ramaphosa said in ending his speech to parliament shortly after it elected him. Mr Ramaphosa was the only candidate nominated for election after two opposition parties said they would not participate. Mr Ramaphosa is South Africa’s fifth president since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule in 1994.

Source: Irish Independent February 15, 2018 15:45 UTC