Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as President of the South African Anatomy after appendage by other parties in forming a coalition.
The new Coalition Government named Government of National Unity will have representatives from at least three parties after the coalition government was formed.
President Bola Tinubu of the Nigerian Anatomy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa – Zimbabwean Anatomy and former Presidential Candidate and Prime Minister; Raila Odinga, were amongst dignitaries invited for the inauguration ceremony.
These were a few words by President Ramaphosa – “The lines drawn by our history, between black and white, between man and woman, between suburbs and townships, between urban and rural, between the wealthy and the poor, remain etched in our landscape”.
The African National Congress for the first time since coming to power in 1994 have failed to have an outright win as they had less than 50 percent of the May General Elections leading to a power sharing Government named the Government of National Unity. The ANC also lost 70 parliamentary seats this time. President Ramaphosa has promised however to rule democratically.
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