By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa is looking forward to hosting US President Donald Trump when he attends the G20 meeting of heads of state meeting in South Africa, despite a recent diplomatic row between the two countries over the Expropriation Act.
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, who was addressing journalists on the president’s programme on Wednesday, said the government would be engaging various US government officials over the misinformation around the new law which Trump has criticised.
Trump has threatened to pull out his country’s financial aid due to the Expropriation Act recently signed into law by Ramaphosa, paving the way for national, provincial and municipalities to expropriate land for public use.
Magwenya said the government would be taking advantage of the G20 meetings that would be held in the country throughout the year.
He added that it was the intention of the president that if Trump paid the country
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