Parliament elects Zuma president
China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-07 07:41
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Ruling African National Congress (ANC) party president Jacob Zuma (left), Finance Minister Trevor Manuel (center) and ANC member Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of democracy icon Nelson Mandela, take the oath of office during the first sitting of South Africa's National Assembly in Cape Town yesterday. AFP |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa: South Africa's parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president yesterday, celebrating with cheers the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherd who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa's economic powerhouse.
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