The US and South Africa have started preliminary discussions over potential resources deals including bilateral investments in mining, energy and infrastructure, in a move that could help thaw the frosty relationship between the two sides.
Around 25 officials from both countries met in Johannesburg on Wednesday to discuss minerals co-operation, the highest-level meeting to take place between the estranged countries this year. The talks, which are at an early stage, sought to pinpoint potential projects that could benefit from US collaboration, according to several attendees.
The two countries have been at loggerheads since President Donald Trump began his second term, with the president frequently making baseless allegations of “white genocide”.