The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa.
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The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. The president is elected by the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, and is usually the leader of the largest party, which has been the African National Congress since the first multiracial election was held on 27 April 1994.The first post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first black chief executive of South Africa, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation.On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the ANC, following a conclusion by judge C.
With less than a year before his term was to expire, Zuma resigned on 14 February 2018 following the demands of the ANC that Zuma should resign, or risk facing a successful vote of no confidence by the National Assembly.WEATHER: Morning fog on the west coast, otherwise mostly warm across the country
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