Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 07:53am on 15 Mar 2025,Saturday International
On March 14, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata, expelling him from the country. Rubio accused Rasool of being a “race-baiting politician” following his comments that President Trump promotes global white supremacy. The move deepens tensions between Washington and Pretoria, already strained by U.S. opposition to South Africa’s land expropriation policies and legal actions against Israel at the International Court of Justice. In retaliation, the U.S. has suspended financial aid to South Africa, further deteriorating diplomatic relations between the two nations.
