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The indirect presidential election of the President of South Africa by the National Assembly took place on 14 June 2024, [1] following the general election on 29 May 2024, in which the African National Congress lost the outright parliamentary majority it held from the end of apartheid. [2] The incumbent president Cyril Ramaphosa of the African ...
This article summarises the results of the 29 May 2024 South African general election, ... Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa, IOL: National ballot
2024 South African general election. General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. [ 1][ 2] This was the 7th general election held under the conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994.
The National Assembly of South Africa is elected every five years by party-list proportional representation using closed lists. [2] The lists were first published on 26 March 2024, with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) allowing objections to be lodged, pending a final decision on 28 March 2024. In lists available on 27 March 2024, it ...
[23] [24] [25] The same day, the National Assembly would re-elect Ramaphosa President of South Africa after he defeated Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema with 283 votes to 54. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The DA's Annelie Lotriet was elected Deputy Speaker after defeating the African Transformation Movement's Vuyo Zungula with 273 votes to 54. [ 28 ]
Foundation website. Presidency website. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president (leader) of the African National Congress (ANC).
The Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910 by the South Africa Act 1909, an act of the British Parliament. The House of Assembly (the lower house of the newly created Parliament of South Africa) and the provincial councils were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member electoral divisions. The franchise in these elections ...
The pledge, named the “Beat Biden pledge” asks candidates to: “affirm that if I do not win the 2024 Republican nomination for President of the United States, I will honor the will of the ...