Cyril Ramaphosa has been announced as the new president of South Africa after the resignation of Jacob Zuma.
The South African parliament nominated Ramaphosa on Thursday to finish Zuma’s term which ends with the 2019 elections.

The announcement was met with jubilation by some members of the National Assembly in Cape Town, although members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party walked out of the chamber in protest during the debate.

The Economic Freedom Fighters did not want the decision of who succeeds Zuma to be  entirely conducted by the ruling African National Congress .

Cyril Ramaphosa narrowly defeated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in the race to replace  President
Zuma as the head of the  African National Congress last December. Ramaphosa was  the Deputy President under Zuma having been appointed by the latter in 2014.