PSC/PR/BR(CDXXXVIII) Page 2 Mandela, in which President Jacob Zuma was re-elected. Furthermore, Council congratulated President Jacob Zuma for being re-elected as a President of South Africa for the second term. Council reiterated the need for Member States that have not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which entered into force on 15 February 2012, to take necessary steps to do so, and to comply scrupulously with all relevant AU instruments governing democratic elections on the continent. Council agreed to remain seized of the matter.