ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports
Source: The Guardian
ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports
Country’s second-largest party reportedly agrees to support re-election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
Fri 14 Jun 2024 11.12 BST
First published on Fri 14 Jun 2024 08.20 BST
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is poised to be re-elected after the African National Congress struck a coalition deal with the country’s second largest party, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, local media reported, as MPs were sworn in before parliament votes for the president.
Under the agreement, which is not yet public, the DA will support Ramaphosa’s election for a second term and an ANC speaker of parliament, in return for the position of deputy speaker, according to the public South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and the news website TimesLive.
The votes will take place later on Friday, after legislators are sworn in at a convention centre in Cape Town, while the parliament buildings are still being renovated after a fire in 2022. Local media reports that a new coalition cabinet may take longer to form.
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