President Cyril Ramaphosa is among the 53 leaders from the Commonwealth group of nations to be received by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, for the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
The group is due to discuss environmental challenges, cyber security and trade over the next two days.
A welcome ceremony has been held at the palace with the Queen telling delegations that she welcomes them into her own home.
President Ramaphosa is among leaders from 19 African Nations and 53 in total to attend the gathering which is held every two years.
The UK government is pushing an anti-plastics agenda due to concern about the pollution of seas.
Cyber security, increasing trade and who will replace the Queen as successor as the Head of the Commonwealth are all subjects for discussion.
It comes after two days of meetings and formal greetings for the President in which he pushed South Africa’s 100 billion US dollar investment drive.
