President Jacob Zuma has on behalf of the government and people of South Africa congratulated USA President-elect Donald Trump on his victory.
This statement was issued by international affairs spokesman Clayson Monyela on Twitter just before 11am on Wednesday.
Whether Trump will be pleased at the congratulatory message is up for debate; in April 2015‚ he infamously commented "As I have long been saying‚ South Africa is a total - and very dangerous - mess. Just watch the evening news (when not talking weather)."
Trump is not fond of Africa as a whole; in 2013‚ when Barack Obama was on a state visit to the continent and pledged $7 billion to support the building of reliable electric power grids in sub-Saharan Africa‚ the property mogul tweeted "Every penny of the $7 billion going to Africa as per Obama will be stolen – corruption is rampant!"
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