Watch: President Cyril Ramaphosa dances in delight during Middelburg Workers’ Day visit
Watch president Cyril Ramaphosa connect with Middelburg workers through speech and dance.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Middelburg today to deliver the keynote address at the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) rally for International Workers’ Day.
The event was held at Kees Taljaard Stadium, with hundreds in attendance jubilantly commemorating the day that honours labour movements across the globe.
As the May Day declamations empowering workers drew to a close, the crowd and key speakers basked in the music and engaged in dance.
At 72 years old, president Ramaphosa energised the audience with his spiritful caper.
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@middelburgobserver President Cyril Ramaphosa dances at Cosatu event held at Kees Taljaard Stadium, Middelburg
On his official X (formerly twitter) account, the president issued the following statement.
On this May Day, we salute the workers of South Africa. It is the workers of our country who drive our economy, who produce our goods, who provide our services, who create our nation’s wealth. As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure that workers are properly recognised and rewarded for the vital contribution they make. We need to ensure that the rights of workers are protected and strengthened. We wish all workers everywhere a revolutionary May Day.
On this May Day, we salute the workers of South Africa.
It is the workers of our country who drive our economy, who produce our goods, who provide our services, who create our nation’s wealth.
As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure that workers are properly recognised… pic.twitter.com/F5pXlT25TC
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) May 1, 2025
Below is a gallery of people enjoying their time at the Cosatu event:
