Cyril Ramaphosa gestures after he was announced president after members of parliament voted during the first sitting of Parliament in Cape Town on 14 June. (Wikus De Wet/AFP)
South Africa’s seventh democratic government, which is set to be formed in the coming days, will not be a grand coalition between the ANC and just one “other party”, President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out after he was voted in for a second term.
Instead, the country will have a government of national unity (GNU).
“This is an era of hope. When I spoke at the [Electoral Commission of SA] results [operations] centre, I said the result of the election has made it plain that the people of South Africa expect their leaders to work together to meet their needs. They expect the parties to find common ground and overcome its differences to act and to work together to the benefit of everyone.
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