CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term as South Africa’s president on Friday after winning a majority of votes in the National Assembly.
The outgoing president won 283 votes to 44 votes for Julius Malema, leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
(Wendell Roelf; French version Nicolas Delame)
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