IN PICS | Ramaphosa visits Free State ahead of January 8 ANC celebrations

President Cyril Ramaphosa greets Dieketseng Mahabane, the granddaughter of former ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane, on January 4 2023 as the party celebrates its 111th birthday in the Free State.
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday laid a wreath on the grave of late ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane at the Seeisoville Cemetery in Kroonstad in the Free State.

Accompanying him were newly elected ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and second deputy secretary-general Maropene Ramokgopa, among other dignitaries.

The ceremony was part of the build-up to the ANC's 111th birthday celebrations on Sunday and was Ramaphosa's first public engagement since being re-elected for a second term as party president.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, family of former ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane and other dignitaries lay wreaths at Mahabane's grave in Maokeng, Kroonstad, on January 4 2023 ahead of the party's 111th birthday in the Free State on January 8.
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Residents of Maokeng came out in numbers to see President Cyril Ramaphosa at the gravesite of former ANC president ZR Mahabane as the party celebrates its 111th birthday in the Free State.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

President Cyril Ramaphosa talks to the media after laying a wreath at the grave of former ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane’s grave in Maokeng, Free State.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Maokeng residents welcome ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at the gravesite of late party president Zaccheus Mahabane as the ANC celebrates its 111th birthday in the Free State.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Residents of Maokeng, some holding placards demanding better service delivery, came to see President Cyril Ramaphosa at the gravesite of former ANC president ZR Mahabane as the party celebrates its 111th birthday in the Free State.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Maokeng residents, some holding placards demanding better service delivery, watch President Cyril Ramaphosa at the gravesite of former ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane in the Free State ahead of the party's 111th birthday celebrations on Sunday.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

President Cyril Ramaphosa greets residents who came to witness the wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesite of former ANC president Zaccheus Mahabane in Maokeng, Free State.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

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