▁Guard ▁when ▁Charles ▁Rob berts ▁Sw art ▁was ▁the ▁State ▁President ▁of ▁South ▁Africa . ▁It ▁was ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁dem ocr atic ▁elections ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁The ▁unit ▁was ▁re brand ed ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Cer emon ial ▁Guard . ▁The ▁N CG ' s ▁old ▁uniform ▁of ▁dark ▁green ▁t unic ▁with ▁black ▁p ants ▁was ▁re inst ated ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁re est ab lished . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁N CG ▁moved ▁into ▁the ▁Seb ok eng ▁Military ▁Complex ▁by ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁president . ▁ ▁Function s ▁▁ ▁The ▁N CG ▁takes ▁part ▁official ▁state ▁functions ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁Parliament , ▁and ▁the ▁wel coming ▁cer emon ies ▁of ▁vis its ▁by ▁international ▁leaders ▁and ▁states men ▁to ▁South ▁Africa . ▁It ▁also ▁provides ▁gu ards ▁of ▁honour ▁at ▁inaugur ations ▁of ▁Pres idents , ▁state ▁fun er als ▁and ▁certain ▁national ▁monuments . ▁ ▁N CG ▁Band ▁ ▁The ▁N CG ▁Band ▁is ▁the ▁military ▁band ▁unit ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁N CG . ▁It ▁currently ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁senior ▁most ▁band ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁S AN DF ▁Both ▁the ▁N CG ▁and ▁its ▁military ▁band ▁have ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁different ▁countries ▁to ▁perform ▁in ▁military ▁t atto os ▁and ▁other ▁international ▁events . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁band ▁has ▁undert aken ▁the ▁role ▁training ▁of ▁military