The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has expressed his sorrow over the passing of South Africa's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Zolani Mtshotshisa. Mtshotshisa ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s new special envoy to the United States is already under scrutiny for calling U.S. President Donald Trump a racist, homophobic and narcissistic ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States after the ambassador was expelled last month CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- ...

The country has not nominated a replacement ambassador since Rasool’s online lecture to a South African think tank. During his comments, he criticized President Donald Trump and suggested the ...

An Israeli official on Wednesday told The Associated Press the ejection from the annual event commemorating the 1994 Rwanda genocide was at the request of AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf.

In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused Rasool of ...

Peter Vale, regarded as an authority on South Africa’s place in the world, answers questions about the ambassador’s expulsion. I know and respect Ebrahim Rasool – we worked together at the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Israel ’s ambassador to Ethiopia was ejected from an African Union event this week and has described it as outrageous. An Israeli official on Wednesday told The ...

South Africa announced it will replace former ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool with a special envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, who has a background as deputy finance minister. Secretary of ...

South Africa announced it will replace former ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool with a special envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, who has a background as deputy finance minister. Secretary of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States on Monday after the ambassador was expelled ...