Trump Pledges US Support to South Africa in Call with President Ramaphosa

President Donald Trump has pledged US support for South Africa in a call with SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The South African president tweeted on Thursday early evening: “I had a very productive call with His Excellency President @realDonaldTrump of the United States of America.

“We discussed the impact of #COVID19 on our two countries.”

According to President Ramaphosa, President Trump said in the call that he “has pledged his support to South Africa and to Africa in our fight against the #coronavirus.”

Ramaphosa also said: “I have passed our condolences to the Government and people of the US on the devastation the virus has wrought.”

The United Stats is fast approaching one million positive cases – currently standing at 854,696 people having tested positive with Covid-19, and a devastating 48,412 deaths (according to Worldometers).

Meanwhile in South Africa where the country went into an early lockdown, there have been 3,635 cases of coronavirus and 65 deaths.

President Ramaphosa is due to address the nation later this evening (Thursday, 23 April 2020), expected to discuss lockdown regulations.

At 18h30, Ramaphosa posted a tweet saying he had just concluded a meeting of the National Command Council, where they focused on a risk adjusted strategy to resume economic activity, and was currently in a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in Parliament.