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Mozambique: President Nyusi in South Africa for Ramaphosa’s inauguration
8:54 CAT | 18 Jun 2024
President Nyusi arriving in South Africa this morning. [Image: Diplomacy SA / X]
The heads of state of Mozambique and Angola will be at the solemn inauguration ceremony of the elected President of South Africa, on Wednesday, in the capital Pretoria, a source from the South African presidency told Lusa today.
🇲🇿 President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique for the #PresidentialInauguration2024 of President #Ramaphosa pic.twitter.com/gBtVRkvtbN
— Diplomacy South Africa (@diplomacy_sa) June 19, 2024
“Mozambique and Angola will be present at the level of heads of state”, said spokesperson Vincent Magwenya.
A source from the Mozambican presidency told Lusa that Filipe Nyusi will be accompanied by the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Manuel Gonçalves.
The South African President’s spokesperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, told Lusa that Brazil will send the Minister of Racial Equality, Anielle Franco.
Under the motto “30 Years of Democracy, Partnership, and Growth”, the event will take place at the Union Buildings, headquarters of the South African Government, in Pretoria, and will be attended by 18 heads of State and Government, as well as by former -presidents and delegations from various countries, according to the Presidency of the South African Republic.
Among the countries that will be represented at the highest level are the Kingdoms of Eswatini and Lesotho, the Republics of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Tanzania and Uganda, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Palestine and the Republic of Cuba, whose vice-president, Salvador Mesa, is already in South Africa.
Several South African monarchies, members of parliament, political parties, trade union, business and civil society leaders will also participate, as well as religious leaders and South Africans who have distinguished themselves in various areas of the country’s life, and representatives of international organizations and regional bodies regions, such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN).
The swearing-in of President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa for a second five-year term will be conducted by presiding judge Raymond Zondo.
The South African presidency said that, during the event, the South African National Defence Force (SADF) will perform a 21-gun salute, accompanied by a salute flight by the South African Air Force, as well as a military parade.
The day’s program will begin with a cultural event in the gardens of the Union Buildings at 09:00 (08:00 Lisbon), he highlighted.
Cyril Ramaphosa, 71, will begin his second presidential term, following the electoral victory of his party, the African National Congress (ANC), a party in power since the end of ‘apartheid’ in 1994.
Although it was the party with the most votes in the elections held on May 29, the seventh general election in the country, the ANC lost its absolute majority in parliament for the first time in 30 years, after obtaining 40.18% of the votes, electing 159 deputies to the National Assembly, 71 fewer seats than it had achieved in 2019, when it obtained 57.5% of the votes.
Ramaphosa’s inauguration precedes the formation of a Government of National Unity (GUN), a model announced last week by the leader of the ANC, which is expected to include members of five opposition parties announced so far: the Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition force, Inkatha Free Party (IFP), GOOD, and the Patriotic Alliance.
READ: South Africa’s unity government now has five parties, ANC says
WATCH || The Republic of South Africa Presidential Inauguration 2024 || Arrival || HE Mr Filipe Jacinto Nyusi || President Republic of Mozambique.
Footage by Government Communication Information System.#PresidentialInauguration2024#SANDF pic.twitter.com/BWEzlZ0e4S
— SA National Defence Force (@SANDF_ZA) June 19, 2024
Source: Lusa
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