🗞 After Zuma's resignation Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa's new president

Only 16 hours after the resignation of the old president of South Africa the country has a new head of state: The Parliament in Cape Town has elected Cyril Ramaphosa for president.

One day after the resignation of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, his former second in command Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new head of state.

As there was no opposition in parliament, Ramaphosa is considered elected without a vote, as the president of the South African Constitutional Court, Mogoeng Mogoeng, said.

Ramaphosas predecessor Zuma had resigned on Wednesday evening as president. Thus, his Vice Ramaphosa was already in charge at the office. Zuma is accused of personal enrichment and corruption. In addition, the ex-president is blamed for the economic misery of the country.

Zuma had denied all allegations until the very end and excluded a resignation in the afternoon and described the treatment by his party as "unfair". The governing party ANC had called him to resign after a meeting of the Executive Committee the previous night.

After the election Ramaphosas the Parliament started to applause and sing. A smaller opposition party had left in protest before the vote.

Source: dpa

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