Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe was caught by an April Fool's Day joke when he promoted a non-existent mineral found in the 'Congo Caves' at an investor conference in Australia. File imageMineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe is the unfortunate butt of jokes on Thursday after trying to attract investment to South Africa - by peddling an April Fool’s Day joke.
Mantashe told about 400 delegates on Wednesday that the “Hazenile” mineral was discovered in “abundance in the area between the crypte and throne room in the Congo [sic] caves in the Western Cape”. “The problem is the mineral Hazenile does not exist in the Congo Caves, nor the Cango Caves,” Business Day reported.
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