Ramaphosa's Team: Contenders for Key S. Africa Cabinet Posts

Cyril Ramaphosa attends his inauguration in Pretoria, on May 25. 

Photographer: Yeshiel Panchia/AFP via Getty Images

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With South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inauguration over, the focus now turns to who he will appoint to his new cabinet.

Besides having to appease opposing factions within his ruling African National Congress, Ramaphosa, 66, also needs to reward the party’s allies, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, for their support.