EDITORIAL: SA’s name dragged through the mud
The cherry on top of Dirco’s failures is the SA government’s continued soft diplomacy on Zimbabwe
What is going on in the department of international relations & co-operation (Dirco)? The department — infamous for former minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane who, in an Al Jazeera interview, spoke of having a hole in her head as a result of her carrying buckets of water — has again been in the news for all the wrong reasons.
The latest is a Sunday Times report (https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2020-11-01-its-rodeo-drive-or-bust-for-uncouth-la-consul-general-thandile-sunduza/) on SA’s top diplomat in Los Angeles, who apparently rejected more than 30 properties because she rather has her sights on a property in Beverly Hills’ glitzy Rodeo Drive. The newspaper reports that LA consul general Thandile Sunduza has been accused of being "uncouth" and irking potential landlords with outlandish demands such as importing furniture from the East and changing kitchen cupboards and wall units...
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