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(Photo: EPA-EFE / Andy Rain)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“By pursuing these and other avenues for cooperation, I believe that we will define the relationship between South Africa and the United Kingdom in new and exciting ways,” Ramaphosa said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Britain hopes the visit, which had been planned before the death of Queen Elizabeth in September, will strengthen trade and investment ties between the two nations, and show the importance of links with the Commonwealth of Nations, the international organisation which Charles now heads.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“This is a reinforcement of the strong bilateral relationship that we have with South Africa… a real opportunity to build on that close working relationship and discuss some of the issues that affect us all,” British foreign minister James Cleverly told Reuters.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/the-president-of-the-republic-of-south-africa-visits-the-united-kingdom-day-1-5/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1472637\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244991157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" /></a> The State Carriage carrying Camilla, Queen Consort, Charles III and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace on 22 November 2022 in London, England. 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(Photo: Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)</p>\r\n<h4><b>First state visit since 2019</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramaphosa was officially greeted by Charles’ eldest son and heir, Prince William and his wife Kate, at a central London hotel to mark the start of his two-day trip – the first state visit to the UK by a world leader since that of then US president Donald Trump and his wife Melania in 2019.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last state visit to Britain by a South African leader was that of former president Jacob Zuma in 2010.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gun salutes and a ceremonial welcome from the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, followed before a grand carriage procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where a banquet will be held later in the president’s honour.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramaphosa was scheduled to visit Westminster Abbey to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and see the memorial stone for former South African president Nelson Mandela.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramaphosa said that Britain had stood with South Africa to help free Mandela and end apartheid, and now called on Britain to support the calls of lower income countries for a reformed global institutional order and climate justice.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Let us rekindle the moral purpose of the global fight against apartheid to confront the discrimination, inequality and injustice that divides humanity and that stifles the progress of all,” he said. <strong>Reuters/DM</strong></span>",
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at London Stansted Airport on 21 November 2022. The South African president is the guest of honour at the UK's first state visit in over three years. (Photo: Leon Neal / Getty Images)
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Britain's King Charles inspect a Guard of Honour during a Ceremonial Welcome on Horse Guards Parade on 22 November 2022 in London, England. (Photo: Paul Grover - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, show South African President Cyril Ramaphosa items, including a a chess set, which was a gift from President Mandela to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1996, displayed as part of the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace on 22 November 2022 in London, England. (Photo: Dan Kitwood - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) with Britain's King Charles (R) during a welcoming ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London, Britain, 22 November 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Andy Rain)
The State Carriage carrying Camilla, Queen Consort, Charles III and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace on 22 November 2022 in London, England. (Photo: Carl Court - Pool / Getty Images)
The State Carriage carrying Camilla, Queen Consort, Charles III and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images)
Britain's King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, travel with the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The State Carriage arrives in Horse Guards Parade in London to take President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Charles III and the Queen Consort, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, to Buckingham Palace on 22 November 2022 in London, England. (Photo: Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)