Ramaphosa congratulates Brazil’s president Lula on securing a fourth term in office [SOUND]

# President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Brazilian left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his historic re-election. He secured an unprecedented, non-consecutive fourth presidential term after winning a closely contested runoff election against right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says South Africa and Brazil maintain a close bilateral and strategic relationship founded on South-South cooperation, multilateralism and shared leadership within BRICS, the IBSA Dialogue Forum, the G77 plus China and the G20: