Cyril Ramaphosa elected as South African President

Current Context : Cyril Ramaphosa is elected as the President of South Africa for second term.

• Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected after a deal was signed between his African National Congress (ANC) Party and  the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) and other smaller parties to form a coalition government.
• He was elected as the President of South Africa for the first time on 15 February 2018.

ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa lies at the southernmost tip of the African continent.
• Nelson Mandela was elected as the first Black President of South Africa in 1994.
• Capital of South Africa:  It has three capitals : Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).
• Currency: Rand