South
Africa has begun a "new era", President Cyril Ramaphosa announced as
he was sworn in for a second full term in office.
He remains in office even though his party, the African
National Congress (ANC), failed to secure a majority in parliament during last
month's election.
The ANC subsequently made a deal with its long-time rival
Democratic Alliance (DA) and other parties to form a coalition government. Ramaphosa
hailed this government during his inauguration speech, but also warned that
unless it addressed deep inequalities, the country could become unstable.
The ANC, which has governed since the end of the racist system
of apartheid in 1994, lost its majority for the first time after the 29 May
election produced no outright winner. The party got 40% of the vote, a drop of
17 percentage points, and it lost 70 seats in parliament.
However, lawmakers re-elected Ramaphosa after the ANC made a
power-sharing arrangement with the pro-business DA - who came second in the
poll with 22% -and three smaller parties.
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