South Africa: Ramaphosa opens new coalition legislature

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa opened a new parliament on Thursday, nearly two months after a historic election result that reshaped the country’s politics and led to the formation of an unprecedented multi-party coalition government.

Mr Ramaphosa’s speech to lawmakers at Cape Town City Hall – a replacement venue after the fire that gutted the parliament building two years ago – marked the official start of operations for the…