Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, left, and Paul Mashatile, South Africa’s vice president, on the fourth day of the 55th national conference of the African National Congress party in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, December 19, 2022. Ramaphosa comfortably won re-election as The head of South Africa’s ruling party just weeks after a scandal threatened to ruin his political career, and now faces an uphill battle to rebuild his support in the national elections in 2024. Photographer: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The majority has made the decision and that’s how democracy is, the vice president told the National Assembly