Photographers snap the scene at the Union Buildings for the presidential inauguration in the government of national unity

 

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the nation for the first time as the newly-inaugurated president of the Republic of South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

President Cyril Ramaphosa was also welcomed to the high office by a poet who delivered a poem in various languages that are officially recognised, to which the president showed gratitude to by giving the poet a hug.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

South African Chief Justice Raymond Zondo officially inaugurating the re-elected president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Scores of people have gathered at the Union Buildings’ South Lawn to witness the inauguration of president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Image: Herman Moloi

The South African National Ceremonial Guard lines up ahead of the inauguration of South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa as President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on June 19 2024.
Image: Phill Magakoe

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the inauguration ceremony of South Africa’s president-elect Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Siphiwe Sibeko

The stage is set for the seventh presidential inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

 

Source: Sowetan live

Presidential Inauguration 2024