Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa departs for Inauguration of Namibian President-elect. Dr Hage Geingob

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will later today, Friday  20 March 2015 depart for Windhoek where he will represent President Jacob Zuma,   the government and people of South Africa at the inauguration ceremony of Namibia’s President–elect Dr Hage Geingob scheduled for tomorrow,   Saturday 21 March 2015.

President Zuma will be attending and addressing the official funeral of the late Minister of Public Service and Administration Collins Chabane   who will be laid to rest at his home town of Xikundu in the Limpopo province on Saturday 21 March 2015.

Deputy President Ramaphosa will be supported by Minister of International Relations and Co-Operation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and South Africa’s High Commissioner to Namibia.

South Africa enjoys cordial bilateral relations with Namibia, fashioned in the theatre of struggle against apartheid and colonialism. These relations were consolidated into state-to-state relations following the decolonialisation of Namibia in 1990 and the dawn of peace, freedom and justice in South Africa in 1994.

Deputy President Ramaphosa will return back home later on Saturday 21 March 2015.

Enquiries: Ronnie Mamoepa at 082 990 4853 or Clayson Monyela on 082 806 7405

Issued by: The Presidency

Pretoria