Photographers snap the scene at the Union Buildings for the presidential inauguration in the government of national unity
19 June 2024 - 09:12
By SowetanLIVE
Image: Thapelo Morebudi 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: Siphiwe Sibeko South African Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and his wife Sithembile Zondo attend the inauguration ceremony of South Africa's president-elect Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Alet Pretorius South Africa's president elect Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife Tshepo Motsepe walk to attend Ramaphosa's inauguration ceremony for his second term as South African president, at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria.
Image: Herman Moloi Scores of people have gathered at the Union Buildings' South Lawn to witness the inauguration of president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Image: Phill Magakoe 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: Alet Pretorius/Reuters Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe attends the inauguration ceremony of South Africa's president elect Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Phill Magakoe Member of the National Assembly of South Africa Thoko Didiza (R) arrives ahead of the inauguration of South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa as President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on June 19 2024.
Image: Siphiwe Sibeko Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the inauguration ceremony of South Africa's president-elect Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi Enoch Godongwana seen at the presidential inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi The stage is set for the seventh presidential inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa will be inaugurated amid much fanfare at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi The South Africa National Defence Force will perform the ceremonial elements of the inauguration on Wednesday.
IN PICS | Presidential Inauguration 2024
Photographers snap the scene at the Union Buildings for the presidential inauguration in the government of national unity