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South Africa: Rasool's Controversial Exit - Unpacking the Diplomatic Tensions Between South Africa and the US
Daily Maverick, 18 March 2025
While very little of the analysis has delved into the core issues that Ebrahim Rasool raised in his remarks, the case raises the question about to whom protocol applies in relation… Read more »
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South Africa: Trump's Actions Against SA Part of a Deeply Veiled Political Agenda With Nefarious Intent
Daily Maverick, 19 March 2025
The use of the words 'human rights violations' in Donald Trump's executive order is a strange twist of irony, considering that three days later Trump withdrew the US from the UN… Read more »
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South Africa: Could SA Lead a Move to Bypass the U.S. Presidency of the G20 in 2026?
Daily Maverick, 17 March 2025
The G20 could send an important message of international disapproval of Trump's cruel version of 'America First' nationalism that has already hurt many undeserving countries,… Read more »
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South Africa: Ramaphosa Assures SA Shouldn't Have Sleepless Nights Over Us Envoy Expulsion
Daily Maverick, 17 March 2025
He insists relations with the US will be 'put on an even keel', and that South Africa had not been 'blue-ticked' when Ebrahim Rasool's expulsion was announced on X. Read more »
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South Africa: Thick Skin, Masochist, Golfer, Not a Politician, Fluent in Trump - - the Boxes SA's New Us Envoy Needs to Tick
Daily Maverick, 17 March 2025
Whoever Pretoria picks to replace Ebrahim Rasool, it needs to move fast. Pepfar is a ticking time bomb, and the Agoa discussion is happening now. Read more »
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Africa: First Aid, Now Trade - Will Trump Axe South Africa AGOA Trade Deal?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 26 February 2025
South Africa's domestic and foreign policies have angered Trump, putting jobs, aid and trade on the line. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Unites Against Trump As U.S. Freezes Aid Over Land Reform
RFI, 13 February 2025
The government and all political parties in South Africa are now uniting in their opposition to Donald Trump. The American President has announced a freeze on all aid to the… Read more »
Unpacking The Diplomatic Tensions Between South Africa and U.S.
South African analysts and politicians respond to the expulsion of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool from the U.S. for saying Donald Trump is pursuing a white supremacist agenda locally and abroad.
Besides diplomatic rights and responsibilities, it also raises the question about to whom protocol applies in relation to global power balances, writes Joel Netshitenzhe, executive director of the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra), while ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula writes that the U.S. administration's action is "deeply veiled political agenda with nefarious intent".
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The Trump administration is expelling South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool after statements he reportedly made during a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a ... Read more »
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The diplomatic relationship between South Africa and the United States has grown increasingly strained, exacerbated by the feud between Elon Musk, a South African-born entrep Read more »
