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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has been confirmed for a second term in office by the country’s newly elected parliament. Ramaphosa received 283 out of 339 votes, as Raymond Zondo, the country’s Chief Justice, said on Friday evening. Earlier on Friday, Ramaphosa secured a coalition agreement between his African National Congress (ANC) party and the former opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA). John Steenhuisen, a leading DA politician, said in Cape Town that a “new chapter” was beginning in South Africa after two weeks of intensive negotiations. The declaration to form a governmen…

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