It's unusual for a former president to miss a presidential inauguration, but Jacob Zuma is doing it for the second time.
Ramaphosa will be inaugurated at the Union Buildings in Tshwane on Wednesday as he was duly elected president of South Africa during the first sitting of the National Assembly last Friday. In a statement, the MK Party said it refuses to join in the spitting of the graves of those who died for South Africa’s freedom.
“We call on all those who cherish true freedom, real democracy, and our current Constitution to distance themselves from being forced to celebrate their continued oppression under the guise of the DA-ANC coalition,” MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said. Former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Mothlanthe are expected to attend along with other heads of states from the African continent and abroad.He said he was in and out of court trying to “stay out of jail.”
“Tomorrow, the president is being inaugurated, and there will be dignitaries and presidents. As they are inaugurating him, I am in jail. I don’t have time to go there because I am busy here, trying to stay out of jail,” he said.
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