The Nelson Mandela Foundation is Thrilled to See Trump Descend The Throne.


By Phumzile Mavimbela

 
The Nelson Mandela foundation has expressed it' s excitement with the election of the new United States President Joe Biden. In a statement  they have congratulated the new  President-elect Joe  as well as  Vice-President elect Kamala Harris on what has been a successful but punishing election campaign.

We look forward to seeing the White House occupied by a leadership team which understands the central importance of human dignity. We take special pleasure from the fact that Mz Harris is the first woman in US history to fill the position of Vice-President 

They say it is with a sense of relief that we have seen President Donald Trump defeated in the US presidential election. Like many around the world, they celebrate the fact that they won’t have to watch him undermining democratic institutions and listen to him bringing the most powerful office in the world into disrepute for another four years. Now begins the daunting task for the US of undoing the Trump administration’s deepening of racism, sexism, xenophobia, Afrophobia and many other intersecting vectors of prejudice and hatred.

The foundation has further  wished Biden and Harris well in what will be a difficult transition. We call on Mr Trump to embrace the democratic process, support the transition, and begin contributing to the healing of a deeply fractured society. As Nelson Mandela often used to say, a good leader knows when to step down. And how to do so appropriately. It’s not too late for Trump to embrace dignity, for himself and for others. 

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