Tshwane road closures ahead of Presidential inauguration
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) has announced that several roads will be closed near the Union Buildings in Pretoria ahead of the Presidential inauguration on Wednesday.
Road closures around the Union Buildings will be implemented from 3am on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday.
President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa was elected for a second term as president during the first sitting of the National Assembly on Friday.
According to the constitution, the president must be sworn in within five days of being elected by the National Assembly.
The Presidential inauguration is expected to be attended by the President-elect, Members of Parliament, dignitaries, foreign Heads of State, other guests and members of the public.
The TMPD says heads of state and other dignitaries and the delegates are expected to arrive at different points of entry.
Roads to be affected, are:
- Gordon Road and Stanza Bopape Street
- Jan Shoba and Stanza Bopape Street
- Grosvenor and Stanza Bopape Street
- Hilda and Stanza Bopape Street
- Festival and Stanza Bopape Street
- Athlone and Stanza Bopape Street
- Hill and Stanza Bopape Street
- Orient and Stanza Bopape Street
- Balmoral Avenue and Stanza Bopape Street
- Lisdogan Avenue and Stanza Bopape Street
- Farenden and Stanza Bopape Street
- East Avenue and Stanza Bopape Street
- Beckett and Stanza Bopape Street
- Pine and Stanza Bopape Street
- Blackwood and Stanza Bopape Street
- Johan and Stanza Bopape Street
- Wessels and Stanza Bopape Street
- Madiba and Stanza Bopape Street
- Leyds/Zeederberg and Stanza Bopape Street
- Hamilton and Stanza Bopape Street
- Steve Biko and Stanza Bopape Street
Rietondale Park will be open for guests and members of the public to park their cars and ride the bus to the Union Buildings.
The shuttles will commence operations from 3am until 6:30am.
Private vehicle access to the Union Buildings or the area surrounding the venue will be limited to residents with permits.
Residents in streets affected by the closures around the Union Buildings and Rietondale are urged to collect permits from Pieter Delport Centre at 770 Government Avenue, Eastcliff in Pretoria.
The residents will have to present proof of residence when collecting the permits.
The public walking in will have access to the Union Buildings South Lawns through a security checkpoint.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee, which was set up in February to prepare for the election of the new president, said on Friday that all work has been done to prepare for the big day.
Minister in the Presidency and the committee's chairperson, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, briefed the media on Saturday.
"The president-elect will be sworn in by the chief justice of the Republic of South Africa, Justice Raymond Zondo, and he will take an oath or affirmation, which text is included in Schedule 2 of the Constitution.
"The ceremony will be staged in the Union Buildings Amphitheatre and its South Lawns.
"The arena will host national and foreign dignitaries, including heads of state and government. Preparations have been made for South Africans to participate in the inauguration ceremony from the Union Buildings Southern Lawns," said Ntshavheni.
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