The South African Republic has the opportunity to suspend the supply of minerals in the United States in response to the termination of financing of the country, South Africa – “is not poor,” the Minister of Mineral and Oil Resources of the country Gedved Mantache said on Monday.
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In January, President of South Africa Sirfafos signed a bill according to which the government can, under certain circumstances, propose a “zero compensation” for land property, which it decides to expropriate in public interests. In this regard, on Monday, US President Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social social network that South Africa would “confiscate” the lands and “treats certain classes of people” very poorly, announcing the termination of any future financing of the country before the end of the investigation on the land issue.
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“In my office there are those who are constantly worried about geopolitics, about this inevitable threat that, since we have adopted the law on expropriation, Trump will suspend the financing of South Africa. I said: …” Let’s stop the supply of minerals in the United States. “Here.” And all if they do not give us money, let’s not give them minerals … we are not poor, ” Mantache stated at the opening of the Investing InDaba forum in Cape Town.
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If the African countries “are afraid of everything“, then they will collapse, the minister added. According to Mantache, Africa must realize that she produces most mineral resources in the world, and use this knowledge in her interests.
On the eve of Ramafos on social networks, he said that he was ready to discuss the problem with Trump and expressed confidence that an agreement would be reached, but recalled that such laws always existed not only in South Africa, but also in the USA and other countries.
