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President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
- President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulated United States President-elect Joe Biden on his victory.
- Ramaphosa also congratulated Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
- Leaders around the world welcomed the outcome of the US elections.
President Cyril Ramaphosa joined the chorus of congratulations for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after the Democratic Party emerged victorious in the US presidential election.
After several days of vote counting, political drama and tension, Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, with Harris as his vice president.
On Saturday night, Ramaphosa tweeted that he looked forward to working with Biden and Harris.
He joined several African leaders in congratulating the couple, including the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat.
Mahamat said the commission hoped to strengthen relations between the United States and Africa.
congratulations to @Joe Biden Y @KamalaHarris, President-elect and Vice-President-elect of the United States of America. the @ _African Union The Commission looks forward to a new and stronger relationship between the United States and Africa based on mutual respect and shared values of international cooperation.
Moussa Faki Mahamat (@AUC_MoussaFaki) November 7, 2020
Herman Mashaba, the leader of the newly formed Action SA, also intervened on Saturday night.
“On behalf of Action SA, I would like to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their historic election victory today.
“The election is not only historic for seeing the first woman, a woman of color, elected to the position of vice president, but for the historic participation of Americans who went to the polls to cast their vote,” he said in a statement. .
– Compiled by Qaanitah Hunter
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