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South African Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe says United States(US) must not be given minerals from the African continent if Donald Trump continues to cut-off donor funding.

Monday, 3rd February, 2025

MBABANE:Gwede Mantashe, the South African Minister of Minerals and Petroleum Resources, has urged the African continent to withhold minerals and refuse to export same to the United States(US) amid ongoing withdrawal of funding by newly inaugurated President Donald Trump,Aljazeera reported on Monday.

The Minister was addressing the 31st Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week, he urged African countries not to be intimidated by Donald Trump.

South African Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe says United States(US) must not be given minerals from the African continent if Donald Trump continues to cut-off donor funding.
Mantashe says SA must adopt tit-for-tat approach over diplomatic spat with US Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town.. Picture: GCIS