The resignation of Jacob Zuma as President of the Republic of South Africa gave the country a new leader; Cyril Ramaphosa, who was voted in as President of the ANC. We profile the new president of South Africa.
On February 11, 1990 after spending 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela marched through the streets of Cape Town. He later gave a speech on the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. As Mandela gave his speech, a man stood behind him, his hand outstretched with a microphone into which Mandela spoke. 28 years later, that man would give a speech as the fifth president of South Africa, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa.
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