Africa must impose sanctions on the US in the mineral sector

South Africa's Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum asked African countries not to back down in the face of Trump's threats and refuse to provide mining materials to the United States.

US President Donald Trump wrote Sunday on his social media "Truth Social" that he would stop US financial aid to South Africa because of what he called the country's mistreatment of certain classes of people. , South Africa's Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Gwede Mantashe, responded to Trump's actions by saying: "African countries must not back down in the face of American threats."

According to the South African newspaper "Mail and Guardian", Mantashe, who spoke at the 31st African Mining Investment Conference in Cape Town, criticized the actions of Western countries in marginalizing Africa's economic needs and stressed: "If they don't give us money, let's , do not give them minerals. We are not beggars. Let us use this gift to our advantage. If our continent is paralyzed by fear, we will collapse."

A number of observers believe: The reason for Trump's behavior is related to South Africa's complaint file against the Israeli Zionist regime at the International Court of Justice which has aroused the anger of high-ranking Zionists and the powerful Israel Lobby in the United States.