South Africa's newly elected parliament met Friday and was expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government after the African National Congress (ANC) cobbled together a deal.

The leader of South Africa's second-largest party, John Steenhuisen of the center-right Democratic Alliance, said it had reached an agreement with the ANC to form a multi-party coalition government. The ANC lost its parliamentary majority in the recently held elections.