companies trying or you know patching investments into their facilities here in south africa and gold ashanti a big mine play in south africa so to invest four billion u.s. dollars in upgrading the mines common factors from germany b.m.w. . bargain and also most see this pledge to invest two to three billion u.s. dollars to upgrade their production facilities here well so i think you know as much as. we are sorry that it's adding up just very briefly getting back to what you wanted to say before about saudi arabia wanted you south africa as a gateway to. to africa indeed as south africa office you know fairly stable political climate and also a good infrastructure sold to invest here in south africa is is probably a good move by by saudi arabia to ensure a future market for its products all right stefano there d.w. business correspondent talking to us in johannesburg thank you so much. asian stock markets rallied today after u.s. president on a trump said he was postponing a new round of tariffs on china scheduled for march third investors are increasingly confident that a comprehensive trade