EDITORIAL: Lessons from Rasool’s debacle
Ebrahim Rasool failed to read the mood in the Trump room at the start of his second stint in Washington
17 March 2025 - 05:00
The unceremonious expulsion (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-03-15-expulsion-of-sa-ambassador-to-us-ebrahim-rasool-regrettable-says-ramaphosa/) of Ebrahim Rasool as SA’s ambassador to the US is regrettable but understandable. The unprecedented move carries many lessons that Pretoria would ignore at its peril.
On Friday night, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced that Rasool had been declared persona non grata and had until March 21 to leave the US. ..
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