# The ANC wins the 2019 general election and Ramaphosa begins a full term

Date: 2019

## The fact

On 8 May 2019 the ANC won the general election with 57.5 percent and [Ramaphosa](/people/cyril-ramaphosa) began his first full presidential term. State-capture repair is later rows.

## Context

2018 rotation sat as parent. Neighbouring 2024 loss of majority is a child. He did not sit as the IEC.

2018 Assembly election is the parent. 2024 election is a child.

The President of South Africa heads the national executive, appoints Cabinet, and assents to bills. He does not write an Eskom generation print, an NPA charging decision, a DA court challenge, or a US executive order by himself. Phala Phala cash in a sofa is not a completed criminal verdict unless a court so holds.

## Evidence and sources

IEC carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed certified 2019 rotation.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 8 May 2019 IEC result, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later kWh coefficient from that Wednesday.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He was ANC president and the incumbent.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies The ANC wins the 2019 general election and Ramaphosa begins a full term, not a later speech about The ANC wins the 2019 general election and Ramaphosa begins a full term.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. The ANC wins the 2019 general election and Ramaphosa begins a full term on 2019-05-08 is not a licence to treat every later IEC communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average The ANC wins the 2019 general election and Ramaphosa begins a full term into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters and IEC certified. He was ANC president and the incumbent. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Cyril Ramaphosa: https://factrail.ai/people/cyril-ramaphosa

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience
- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-election-idUSKCN1SE0C5
- https://www.elections.org.za/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/za-election-2019