President Cyril Ramaphosa's son Andile was introduced by his Ugandan fiancee, Bridget Birungi, at a traditional marriage ceremony known as kuhingira in Uganda on Saturday.
The ceremony attended by high-profile guests was held at the residence of the bride's uncle, John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, a former prime minister of Uganda in the leafy upscale Kololo suburb in the capital, Kampala.
Mbabazi, who handed over Birungi to the father of the groom, expressed joy that Ramaphosa's family had met all the set conditions.
"We would like to thank you for being trustworthy, for being dependable because you fulfilled the conditions. So, we are very happy to fulfill our part of handing over to you the hand of our daughter Bridget Birungi," he said.
"In our culture, we hand the child to the father and it's now my pleasure to do just that."
Upon receiving his daughter-in-law, Ramaphosa said: "We accept her as our daughter firstly, and we also accept her as our son's beloved wife and I can assure you that the two of them are too deeply in love."
The president was accompanied by the first lady Dr Tshepo Ramaphosa, his ex-wife Hope Ramaphosa and a big delegation of about 150 people.
"As a big army from home, we are delighted that as we go home we won't go back empty handed," Ramaphosa said.
He challenged his daughter-in-law to hold tight to her husband.
"Many girls in South Africa are envious of you, even on social media they were saying why did he go so far when we are here.
"They don't know that you fell in love in China.
"Hold onto your man and never let him go" he advised.
