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JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a><\/span><\/span> was sworn in for a second term as South Africa’s president on Wednesday in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n Ramaphosa is now set to appoint a Cabinet in a new coalition government after his African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in an election last month.<\/p>\n He was reelected president by lawmakers on Friday with help from the main opposition party and a smaller third party that have joined the ANC in a coalition agreement to co-govern Africa’s most industrialized economy.<\/p>\n Ramaphosa was sworn in at the Union Buildings, the seat of government, by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.<\/p>\n Current and former African heads of state and diplomats were among many guests and dignitaries who attended the inauguration as Ramaphosa begins what promises to be a tough final term in office. He will have to guide the first coalition government in which no party has a majority in South Africa\u2019s democratic history after the ANC lost its 30-year political dominance. At least three parties will make up what the ANC is calling a government of national unity, with more invited to join.<\/p>\n Dignitaries attending the inauguration included King Mswati III of Eswatini, Nigeria President Bola Tinubu, Zimbabwe President Emerson Mnangagwa and former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n AP Africa news: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/africa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n