CAPE TOWN - South Africa cannot afford to lose their access to US markets.
US and South Africa relations are under severe strain amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen says it's crucial for agriculture exports for the Government of National Unity to mend relations with the USA.
"We need to get the delegation to Washington on behalf of the GNU to indicate what we are doing, our plans to grow the economy and create jobs and why its in America's interest as well to have a strong, stable constitutional partner on the southern tip of the continent," he said.