South Africa's Ramaphosa re-elected after coalition deal

President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa gestures in an elevator while there is a break between sessions during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. [AFP]

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday, after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government.

Lawmakers in Cape Town voted overwhelmingly to put Ramaphosa, 71, back in office for another five years after the May 29 general election that produced no outright winner.