{"id":968140,"date":"2024-06-18T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=968140"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:33:21","slug":"dignitaries-start-arriving-ahead-of-presidents-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/dignitaries-start-arriving-ahead-of-presidents-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Dignitaries start arriving ahead of President\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries have started arriving in the country ahead of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/govt-finalising-preparations-ahead-of-presidential-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inauguration of the President<\/a>\u00a0of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Most of leaders who will be attending the ceremony tomorrow are from the SADC region.<\/p>\n<p>The heads of state and governments who will attend the inauguration are from different countries in the SADC region and leaders of the regional organisations in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union (AU) will be represented by Commission chairperson Musa Faki Mahamat.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba has sent its vice President, Salvador Vald\u00e9s Mesa, while other countries around the world will be represented by their ambassadors and high commissioners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?? PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 2024<\/p>\n<p>ARRIVAL OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT<\/p>\n<p>?? His Excellency <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalvadorValdesM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SalvadorValdesM<\/a>, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, arriving at the OR Tambo International Airport for the Inauguration of HE Matamela <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CyrilRamaphosa<\/a>, President-Elect of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lRWmTTyjzo\">pic.twitter.com\/lRWmTTyjzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Presidency ?? (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1802992048120709302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential Inauguration | Foreign Dignitaries arriving in SA ahead of Ramaphosa\u2019s induction:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5r4QekFRXFE?si=AZJv4Wc7TKpnBvqu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time:\u00a0&lt; 1\u00a0minute Dignitaries have started arriving in the country ahead of the\u00a0inauguration of the President\u00a0of South Africa. Most of leaders who will be attending the ceremony tomorrow are from the SADC region. The heads of state and governments who will attend the inauguration are from different countries in the SADC region and leaders of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895,1],"tags":[2374,2375,309,2636],"class_list":["post-968140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-african-union","tag-au","tag-cyril-ramaphosa","tag-sadc-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}