In a statement released by his spokesperson Khusela Diko, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa urged Zimbabwean leaders to accept the Constitutional Court judgement which upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent election victory.
Diko said the Ramaphosa congratulated Mnangagwa and expressed South Africa’s readiness to work with the Government of Zimbabwe in the pursuit of closer political, cultural, economic and trade ties for the mutual benefit of the peoples of the two nations. Part of the statement reads:
The South African Government urges all those involved in the court case, in particular the applicants and the respondents, to accept the decision of the court. It is important, going forward, hat all parties work towards lasting peace, unity and prosperity in Zimbabwe.