Trump tweet won’t affect SA-US relations – cabinet minister

US President Donald Trump’s tweet that land was being seized by the government from white farmers in South Africa will not determine future relations between the two countries, a South African cabinet minister said on Thursday.

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“The tweet has not determined our approach to the United States on our current relationship and future relationship,” communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane told reporters after a routine cabinet meeting.