South Africa’s New President, Ramaphosa To Declare War Against Corruption

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday used his first speech in office to vow to fight government corruption, in a direct reference to accusations levelled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma.
“Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises and how we deal with ‘state capture’ are issues that are on our radar screen,” he told lawmakers in parliament.
He was the only candidate nominated in parliament on Thursday so no vote was needed to make him president. MPs from the ruling African National Congress broke into song at the announcement.
The ANC had told Mr Zuma to step down or face a vote of no-confidence.
In a televised statement on Wednesday, he said he was quitting with immediate effect but said he disagreed with his party’s decision.
Mr Zuma faces numerous corruption allegations but denies any wrongdoing.

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