Soon after the results of the 54th ANC conference were announced, President Hage Geingob, on behalf of Swapo, issued a statement congratulating Cyril Ramaphosa on becoming president of Africa’s oldest liberation movement. “On behalf of the rank and file of the SWAPO Party, I would like to offer our sincerest congratulations and comradely felicitations to you, on your election as the President of the African National Congress at the 54th National Conference of the ANC. “The people of South Africa and Namibia share historic links, moulded by destiny, tested by history and solidified by a long and bitter struggle against Apartheid. Nowhere else are these links exemplified then at the political level, where the ANC and SWAPO have shared trenches, have shared prisons and now, share the daunting responsibility of leading their people towards a future of shared economic prosperity,” said Hage Geingob. President Geingob also offered the “full and unwavering support of the SWAPO Party, as you embark upon this illustrious chapter in your life”.