- On May 25, 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a five-year term as South Africa’s President .
- Head of the African National Congress Ramaphosa was officially elected earlier this month following the sixth general elections with a majority of 57.5%, the smallest since the party came to power 25 years ago
- Mr Ramaphosa initially took over from Jacob Zuma in 2018 after Mr Zuma was accused of corruption.
- Mr Ramaphosa is the country’s fifth democratically elected president since apartheid ended in 1994
- South Africa’s president is not elected directly by voters but is chosen by the Parliament. The South Africa Constitution requires voters to choose a party, which then selects members to go to the National Assembly, where they choose the President.
- The number of votes each party receives in the national election determines how many representatives the parties have in the 400-seat legislature. The members of parliament then elect the president.
- Ramaphosa’s African National Congress has 230 seats in South Africa’s sixth democratic parliament since the fall of apartheid in 1994. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has 84 seats and the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters has 44 seats.
