South Africa's Mineral Resources Minister hits back at US President Donald Trump's accusations that the country was "confiscating" land, suggesting that Africa could "withhold minerals to the US" in response. "If they don't give us money, let's not give them minerals," says Gwede Mantashe at a mining conference in Cape Town. "We are not beggars".
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00:00Because you passed an Exploration Act, and therefore Trump will withhold funding to South Africa.
00:08And I said, let's not immobilize Africa. Let's withhold minerals to the U.S.
00:13That is it. If they don't give us money, let's not give them minerals.
00:17But the reality is they take our minerals, but say we are withdrawing funding.
00:22No, we have minerals in the continent.
00:25And therefore we have something that we have. We are not just beggars.