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Cyril Ramaphosa waves as he arrives ahead of his inauguration as President, at the Union Buildings in Tshwane, South Africa, on June 19, 2024. Ramaphosa will open a new parliamentary term Thursday, July 18, 2024, to mark the official start of business for his multi-party coalition government. (Kim Ludbrook/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Africa’s president to open Parliament after historic election created a coalition government

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South Africa's President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, and his wife Tshepo Motsepe, second from left, arrive ahead of the inauguration ceremony at the Union Buildings in Tshwane, South Africa, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed).

South African president says Parliament will open July 18 amid discord in the new coalition

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African président Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after being reelected as leader of the country in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s President Ramaphosa is reelected for second term after a dramatic late coalition deal

By Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, center, arrives at the National Results Operations Center during the announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections, in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa’s once-dominant ANC tested as it weighs deal to share power

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his speech at the Mose Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, during the African National Congress national manifesto launch in anticipation of the 2024 general elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s ANC launches election manifesto as president highlights party’s achievements

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African National Congress supporters, one holding a portrait of Nelson Mandela, gather at the Mose Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, for their national manifesto launch in anticipation of the 2024 general elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May’s national election and who the major players are

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the state of the nation address in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (Esa Alexander/Pool Photo via AP)

South African president sets May 29 as election day as polls show a drop in support for the ANC

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

FILE - Opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party leader Julius Malema, center right, is removed by presidential task force as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempts to deliver his State of the Nation address to MP's in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 9, 2023. The leaders of a boisterous South African opposition party have had their ban from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa to open the new parliamentary session upheld by a court. The leader, deputy leader and four other officials with the Economic Freedom Fighters — the third biggest party in Parliament — will not be allowed at Thursday's State of the Nation Address. (Esa Alexander/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Africa opposition leaders disrupted the president’s speech last year. They’re barred this time

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens during the BRICS group of emerging economies three-day summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Ramaphosa says his country has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. The move comes as South African lawmakers on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, were expected to debate a motion calling for the closure of the Israeli Embassy in South Africa and the cutting of all diplomatic ties with the country until it agrees to a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

As in U.S., Middle East chaos sparks domestic divisions in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Pallbearers escort the coffin of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, during his funeral in Ulundi, South Africa, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Buthelezi, a controversial South African politician and traditional minister of the Zulu nation, was laid to rest Saturday after dying at the age of 95 this week. (AP Photo)

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a controversial South African political figure, laid to rest

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures as he meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023. Xi will attend next week's summit of the BRICS nations in Johannesburg, to be followed by a state visit to South Africa, the Foreign Ministry said Friday, AUg. 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia’s Putin stays away over arrest warrant as leaders of emerging economies meet in South Africa

By Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

FILE — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attends a working session with representatives of banks of the "Finance in Common" network during the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Paris. A South African public watchdog has cleared Ramaphosa of wrongdoing in the scandal involving the theft of $580 000 in U.S. currency that was stashed in a sofa at his Phala Phala game farm in 2020. (Emmanuel Durand, Pool via AP, File)

South African president cleared of wrongdoing in scandal over $580,000 in cash stolen from his farm

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Former African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Ace Magashule appears for a bail hearing inside the magistrates court in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Nov. 13, 2020, where he was charged with corruption. The ANC expelled Magashule on Monday, June 12, 2023, for misconduct and other breaches of party rules. (AP Photo/File)

South Africa’s ruling party expels former top official accused of corruption

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa answers questions in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, May 11, 2023. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons to Russia. Ambassador Reuben Brigety said the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (AP Photo)

Putin, Zelenskyy agree to meet with ‘African leaders’ peace mission,’ says South Africa president

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on Oct. 24, 2019. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, has accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia saying the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A side skirmish in Russia-Ukraine war flares up in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on Oct. 24, 2019. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, has accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia saying the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. ambassador accuses South Africa of providing arms to Russia; president cites investigation

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the African National Congress national conference in Johannesburg on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. The conference will elect the party's leadership and adopt key policies for governing the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking reelection as the party's leader at the national conference which is held every five years and is the ANC's highest decision-making body. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) **FILE**

South Africa’s Ramaphosa prepares for headwinds in State of the Nation address

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts a cake with supporters at the Dr Molemela stadium in Mangaung, South Africa, Sunday, Jan 8, 2023. The ANC marks its 111st anniversary with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912. (AP Photo)

South African leader skips Davos amid electricity crisis

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on during the final report of a judicial investigation into corruption at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 22, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday. Aides say that the South African leader will stress the importance of holding talks between Russia and Ukraine. Ramaphosa is among the African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance on the war, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African president to meet with Biden on Friday

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

A coffin is prepared to be taken to a symbolic funeral in Scenery Park, East London South Africa, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to attend the funeral in East London Wednesday for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a tavern almost two weeks ago. A large tent has been erected for the service expected to be attended by hundreds of grieving family members and residents of East London’s Scenery Park township. (AP Photo)

South African president decries deaths of 21 teens in tavern

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press