Rishika Agrawal, president of the Australian National University's International Students' Department, says the proposed laws have stoked other uneasy feelings.
South African dignitaries and African heads of states were invited to the inauguration.They included the leaders of Nigeria, Angola, Zimbabwe, Congo-Brazzaville, and Eswatini, and gathered in the Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre outside the Union Building in Pretoria.
A huge crowd of supporters formed outside the official seat of government, waving national flags.Under a sharp blue winter sky, the Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, administered the oath of office."I swear I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa... I will obey, observe and uphold the constitution and all other laws of the republic," the president said.
A band then played the national anthem. The rendition was followed by a 21-gun salute and a fly-past by army helicopters.The ANC, which has governed since the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994, lost its majority for the first time after the 29 May election produced no outright winner.
The party got 40% of the vote, a drop of 17 percentage points, and it lost 70 seats in parliament.
However lawmakers re-elected Mr Ramaphosa after the ANC made a power-sharing arrangement with the pro-business DA - who came second in the poll with 22% -and three smaller parties.Therefore, he said, it was "not an appropriate case" to reduce the amount of money that Mrs Vardy should pay.
New court documents show that Mrs Vardy has now launched an appeal bid, which her lawyers Kingsley Napley confirmed to the PA news agency related to the misconduct ruling.BBC News has asked Mrs Rooney's legal representatives for comment on Mrs Vardy's request to appeal.
Mrs Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, lost the original Wagatha Christie court battle in 2022.She had mounted the legal action after Mrs Rooney, the wife of former Manchester United striker Wayne, publicly accused someone using Mrs Vardy's Instagram account of leaking private information about her to the press.