A general view of the room before the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. 

President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa (C) is congratulated by Deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) Paul Mashatile (L) after he was announced president after members of parliament voted during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024.

Thoko Didiza (C) presides after being elected Speaker of the National Assembly during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024.

File:  Pitso Mosimane reacts during the CAF Champions League semi-final match between Egypt's al-Ahly and Algeria's ES Setif at the al-Salam stadium in Cairo on May 7, 2022.

File: Tony Leon in 2007, during his Democratic Alliance (DA) farewell at the DA federal congress in Midrand on the outskirt of Johannesburg, South Africa.