Jump to navigation

South Africa

Pretoria picks new envoy for the MAGA minefield

President Ramaphosa wants to soothe tensions with the Trump administration but Washington has appointed a hard-liner to South Africa

The choice of the United States’s new Ambassador to Pretoria – Leo Brent Bozell III – dispels any notion that President Donald J Trump’s administration might dial down its position on South Africa having claimed its first scalp in the form of declaring African National Congress loyalist Ebrahim Rasool ‘persona non grata’ as ambassador to Washington DC.

End of preview - This article contains approximately 1218 words.

End of preview

Subscribers: Log in now to read the complete article.

Account Holders: Log in now and use your Account Credit to buy this article. No Credit? Top up your Account now.


If you are logged in, but still cannot access the full text of this article, email customer services or telephone us on +44(0)1638 743633.