South Africa: Motsepe Apologises for Trump Praise
South African business tycoon, Patrice Motsepe, has apologised for his remarks that he made to US president, Donald Trump.
The 58-year-old mining businessman had praised Trump at a dinner last Tuesday, 21 January, during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
According to reports, Motsepe told Trump: “Africa loves America. Africa loves you … we want America to do well. We want you to do well. The success of America is the success of the rest of the world.”
In response to backlash from a vast majority of South Africans who disagreed with his remarks, Motsepe apologised via a statement released yesterday, Tuesday 28 January.
He said: “I have a duty to listen to these differing views and would like to apologise. I do not have the right to speak on behalf of anybody except myself.”
The billionaire added: “It is in the interest of South Africa and the rest of the African continent to build mutually beneficial socio-political, trade, investment and cultural ties between the economies and people of Africa and America, and Africa and the world.”
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