By Simon Nare
The South African government will be open-minded when it meets US President Donald Trump’s administration next week as tensions between the two countries continue to brew, according to Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
Ntshavheni confirmed that following an invitation from Trump, a South African delegation led by President Cyril Ramaphosa would be in the US next week for bilateral talks and other issues, despite Trump’s public attacks on the government.
SA-US relations are at a new low following Trump issuing an executive order to resettle Afrikaners who he described as victims of discriminatory laws following the passing of the Expropriation Act on land. The US president publicly berated the South African government and withdrew funding.
As the first group of Afrikaners were settling in the US after they touched down in Washington this week, reports have surfaced that the White House National Security Council has ordered
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