South Africa elections 2019: who will win?

President Cyril Ramaphosa is standing against a record number of rival parties

Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa became president in February 2018 after the resignation of Jacob Zuma
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South African voters head to the polls next week to vote in a presidential election that one opposition leader has called “the most important national general elections since 1994”.

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