Cyril Ramaphosa jogging in Sea Point was a selfie moment not to be missed

Cape Town’s quite used to running into celebrities along its more popular attractions, but a South African president?

Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa was spotted with former finance minister Trevor Manuel and a crew of bodyguards taking a leisurely jog along the city’s Sea Point promenade.

Naturally, other joggers stopped mid-4km, got out their phones, and asked the new leader of the nation for a selfie.

He obliged.

The early bird catches the President🐦🏃🏻‍♀️🇿🇦 . #cyrilramaphosa #presidentramaphosa #morningrun #seapoint #sona2018 #southafrica #nike

A post shared by Carla Bester (@carla_bester) on Feb 15, 2018 at 10:49pm PST

Friday morning celeb spotting on the prom – what a great energy coming from this president of ours! Super friendly & jogging with a smile on his face (felt bad interrupting the rhythm!) @katels_in_cape_town #promenadelife @presidentcyrilramaphosa

A post shared by Diane Obree (@diobree) on Feb 15, 2018 at 8:36pm PST

This was a presidential moment. And he was beaming with presence, even as the light shines on him from every angle. Hello #president #Ramaphosa how you doin’ on #capetown #promenade #sunrise #walk #run

A post shared by Adriaan Bester (@adriaanbester) on Feb 15, 2018 at 8:46pm PST

Good morning fellow South Africans, how was your workout this morning? My President @cr17siyavuma #cyrilramaphosa works out. Do you?😊

A post shared by rori (@rorisangtabane_1) on Feb 15, 2018 at 11:12pm PST

Did we mention Trevor Manuel was also there?

Our newly inaugurated President mingling with his people on Sea Point Promenade My heart is smiling #cyrilramaphosa

A post shared by Louise Brockman (@brockmanlouise) on Feb 15, 2018 at 11:44pm PST

Ramaphosa does seemingly have an official Instagram presence, @presidentcyrilramaphosa to be exact, but it’s carefully manicured and incredibly young.

Registered on 16 January 2018, the account holds just 15 posts and is still described as the account of the “President of the African National Congress” not including the President of South Africa.

According to analytics firm Meltwater however, he has been mentioned more than 90 000 times on social media since Jacob Zuma’s resignation.

Nevertheless, if President Ramaphosa takes to Lion’s Head or Camps Bay beach this weekend, expect him to light up Instagram — arguably the least political of South Africa’s social networks — in due time.

Feature image: GovernmentZA via Flickr (CC 2.0 BY-ND)