Cyril Ramaphosa took the presidential oath before a crowd of about 32,000 people at Loftus Stadium.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been inaugurated as South Africa's president.vowing to create jobs and tackle deep-rooted corruption that has strangled economic growth.
"Let us forge a compact for growth and economic opportunities, for productive land and wider opportunities ... A compact of an efficient, capable and ethical state. Since then he has struggled to mend factions in the party opposed to his reform plans, especially at cash-strapped state power supplier Eskom.The challenges facing Ramaphosa were highlighted on Friday by the resignation of Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe, who quit only a year since he was appointed to stabilise the utility and keep the lights on after nationwide blackouts.
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