SA will have a new president this afternoon
We shall know soon who leads South Africa forward
According to a statement from the Government Communication and Information System, the National Assembly will this afternoon fill the vacancy of the president of South Africa.
This follows last night’s resignation by president Jacob Zuma.
Section 90(1) of the constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, dictates that the deputy president automatically becomes the acting president as soon as there is a vacancy in the office of the president.
Deputy president Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa is now the acting president until the National Assembly elects the new president.
Ramaphosa has already been sworn in as acting president.
According to Section 90(4) of the constitution, a person who, as acting president, has already sworn to or affirmed to faithfulness to the Republic does not need to repeat the swearing in or affirming procedure for any subsequent term as acting president.
As such, the deputy president will not be sworn in again as acting president.
