Mozambique, Angola and Brazil at the inauguration of the South African President

The heads of state of Mozambique and Angola will attend the inauguration ceremony of the elected South African president on Wednesday in the capital Pretoria, a source in the South African presidency told Luse on Tuesday.

“Mozambique and Angola will be present at the level of heads of state,” spokesman Vincent Magwenya said.

A source in the Mozambican Presidency told Lusa that Filipe Nyusi will be accompanied by Deputy Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Manuel Gonçalves.

South African Presidential spokesman Cyril Ramaphosa told Lusa that Brazil would send Racial Equality Minister Aniel Franco.

The event, with the theme “Thirty Years of Democracy, Partnership and Growth”, will be held at the Union Buildings, the headquarters of the South African government, in Pretoria, and will be attended by 18 heads of state and government, as well as former presidents and delegations from various countries, according to the President SOUTH AFRICA.

Among the countries that will be represented at the highest level are the kingdoms of Eswatini and Lesotho, the Republic of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Tanzania and Uganda, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the State of Palestine. and the Republic of Cuba, whose vice-president Salvador Mesa is already in this African country.

Also in attendance will be several South African monarchies, members of parliament, political parties, trade union, business and civil society leaders, as well as religious and South African leaders who have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the country’s life, as well as representatives from international organizations and regions such as the Southern Development Community Africa (SADC), African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN).

President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa will be sworn in for a second five-year term by Presiding Judge Raymond Zondo.

The President said the event would include a 21-gun salute by the South African National Defense Force (SADF), accompanied by an air force flight, as well as a military parade.

The day’s program will begin with a cultural event in the gardens of the Union Buildings at 9:00 (8:00 Lisbon time), he emphasized.

Cyril Ramaphosa, 71, will begin his second term as president following the election victory of his party, the African National Congress (ANC), the party that has been in power since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Although it was the party with the most votes in the elections held on 29 May, the country’s seventh general election, the ANC lost its absolute majority in parliament for the first time in 30 years, receiving 40.18% of the vote, electing 159 MPs to the National Assembly, a decrease of 71 the seat is down from 2019, when it received 57.5% of the vote.

Ramaphosa’s inauguration comes ahead of the formation of a Government of National Unity (GNU), a model announced last week by the ANC leader, which is expected to include members of the four so far announced opposition parties: the Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition force, and the Inkatha Free Party ( IFP), GOOD and Patriotic Alliance (AP).