Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s acting president since Zuma's resignation is in charge parliament elects a new leader this Thursday afternoon , the government said.
The parliament, dominated by the ruling African National Congress party(ANC), is expected to select Ramaphosa to finish his predecessor’s term, which ends with elections in 2019.
Jacob Zuma resigned in a televised speech late Wednesday after the ANC, which has lost popularity because of corruption scandals during his tenure, instructed him to leave or face a parliamentary motion of no confidence that he would almost certainly lose.
The new president will also deliver the postponed state of the nation address on Friday evening.
Zuma had been unable to give the speech because of the leadership crisis.
The South African currency, the rand, strengthened against the dollar in early trading Thursday after Zuma’s resignation, which ended political turmoil that had stalled some government business.
Ramaphosa has promised to fight graft, though he faces the hard task of rejuvenating a ruling party whose leaders had supported Zuma for years before finally turning against him.
Source: CGTN Africa
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