WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Cyril Ramaphosa will be sworn in as South Africa's president for a third term at a ceremony to be held in capital Pretoria on Wednesday.
After failing to win majority in the general election, the ruling African National Congress signed a deal with other parties to form a coalition government last week.
It includes ANC's long-time rival Democratic Alliance, or DA.
Following the agreeent, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to re-elect the 71-year-old as President.
In South Africa, lawmakers elect the president.
Ramaphosa, who first became president in 2018 when his predecessor Jacob Zuma was forced to quit amid corruption charges, needs a concrete agenda to rescue the nation's failing economy.
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