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Politics of South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a unitary parliamentary democratic republic. The President of South Africa serves both as head of state and as head of government. The president is elected by the National Assembly (the lower house of the South African Parliament) and must retain the confidence of the Assembly in order to remain in office. South Africans also elect provincial legislatures which govern each of the country's nine provinces. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) has dominated South Africa's politics. The ANC is the ruling party in the national legislature, as well as in most provinces, and is led by Cyril Ramaphosa, who serves as the President of South Africa. In recent years, however, the ANC's share of the vote has decreased significantly. The party received 40.18% of the vote during the 2024 general election - the first time the ANC did not win a Parliamentary majority in the history of democratic South Africa. The second largest party...
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