Why was South Africa’s ambassador to the US expelled? A view of the Ebrahim Rasool affair
The consensus is that it was Ebrahim Rasool’s responsibility to hold his tongue, a kind of golden rule in diplomacy.
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Africa: Why Was South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Expelled? a View of the Ebrahim Rasool Affair
Analysis - In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused ...
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U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
South Africa’s recently passed land expropriation law drew President Trump’s ire in the form of a February 7 executive order ...
Ronald Lamola: New SA ambassador to US will be ‘fit and proper’, regardless of race
ANC NEC member Ronald Lamola stressed that the new South African ambassador to the U. S. will be chosen based on capability, ...
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Rasool debacle confirms SA’s declining international reputation
Theo Neethling says govt no longer holds the stature it did two to three decades ago ...
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South Africa: 'I Will Wear My Persona Non Grata As a Badge of Dignity', Said South African Ambassador Expelled By the U.S.
"We must enter into trade negotiations with the USA because our economy and our people need them. But we must never trade our ...
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Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday
FILE - South Africa's ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013. WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says South Africa’s ...