Ramaphosa heralds ‘new era’ as he begins South African presidency
New leader says country’s challenges can be solved as he is sworn in for five-year term
Cyril Ramaphosa told South Africans on Saturday that “a new era had dawned” as he was sworn in for a five-year term as president, but said the troubled country was at a defining moment in its history.
“It is time for us to make the future we yearn for … It is through our actions now that we will determine our destiny,” Ramaphosa said, after taking the oath of office in front of 30,000 people in the administrative capital, Pretoria.