![Jerome Delay South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3ef9c99082224c96a7b71f67edbcea83/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
![Themba Hadebe FILE — Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, looks on at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9e15b4ad8ca74d3ebe509e075e9eab2e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE — Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, looks on at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
![Jerome Delay South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/49970c57994f4d79bfc7ac4ba388ddcc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
![Jerome Delay South African président Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at a Cape Town hotel to meets with Senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/29fbf7fd02c94ac591fd156fc87b24db/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South African président Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at a Cape Town hotel to meets with Senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
![Emilio Morenatti FILE - The leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, Velenkosi Hlabisa, waves to the crowd during an election rally in Richards Bay, near Durban, South Africa, Sunday, May 26, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0e9faaf5998e4e00b30bdf290ec2a43f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, Velenkosi Hlabisa, waves to the crowd during an election rally in Richards Bay, near Durban, South Africa, Sunday, May 26, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
![Jerome Delay FILE - South African Democratic Alliance opposition leader John Steenhuisen, center, arrives at the formal announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 2, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b6773cdcd9f6496aa5faec280dab9463/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - South African Democratic Alliance opposition leader John Steenhuisen, center, arrives at the formal announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections at the National Results Operations Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, June 2, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
![Jerome Delay FILE - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of his African National Congress party during the ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/09789b2305ef4d9899d0208c55c69354/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of his African National Congress party during the ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 6, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
![Jerome Delay South African président Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at a Cape Town hotel to meets with Senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ac983e99a8c04af7b2f1a5dcd72c457c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South African président Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at a Cape Town hotel to meets with Senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
![Jerome Delay South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7e485f87469143149331e1a79b3f8e53/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
South African président Cyril Ramaphosa meets with senior officials of the ANC during an ANC's National Executive Committee Thursday, June 13, 2024, at a Cape Town hotel. South Africa's Parliament is due to elect a president Friday while major political parties are still working out a coalition agreement that might or might not see Ramaphosa return for a second term as leader of Africa's most industrialized economy. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
![Themba Hadebe FILE - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, front center, arrives at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ef5bb71e2105406b8be945170eabcd13/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, front center, arrives at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. South African lawmakers are expected to elect the country's president on Friday, June 14 after being sworn in at the first sitting of Parliament that will also reveal the kind of unity government the ruling African National Congress has managed to cobble together after losing its majority for the first time since 1994. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)