South Africa's Ramaphosa Takes Oath of Office for a Second Term

Name: South Africa's Ramaphosa Takes Oath of Office for a Second Term
Uploaded: 2024-06-19T12:24+0200
Duration: 137 min 8 s
Description: Following an agreement to form a coalition government between the African National Congress (ANC), its longtime rival the Democratic Alliance (DA), and other parties, lawmakers last week reelected Ramaphosa as president.

12:24, 19 June 2024

Following an agreement to form a coalition government between the African National Congress (ANC), its longtime rival the Democratic Alliance (DA), and other parties, lawmakers last week reelected Ramaphosa as president.

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Sputnik was live as Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, takes the oath of office for a second term.

Numerous dignitaries, including several heads of state from Africa, are in attendance.

With no clear winner in the May 29 election, the African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled since the end of apartheid in 1994, lost its majority for the first time.

The event features musical and artistic performances, a 21-gun salute, military fly-bys, and a march-past by the nation's defense forces on a day that the presidency says is an ordinary working day.