South Africa plans to appoint an acting ambassador to the US to ease diplomatic tensions after the last envoy was declared persona non grata. Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Pretoria, Brent Bozell, faces controversy.
Experienced career diplomat Thabo Thage is preparing to go to Washington DC to represent South Africa. He is the first to the position after the former ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled in March last year after he said on a webinar that US President Donald Trump was mobilising a “[white] supremacist” movement.
South Africa set to appoint top diplomat to DC, but still no ambassador
South Africa plans to appoint an acting ambassador to the US to ease diplomatic tensions after the last envoy was declared persona non grata. Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Pretoria, Brent Bozell, faces controversy. Experienced career diplomat Thabo Thage is preparing to go to Washington DC to represent South Africa.
