{"id":106365,"date":"2025-03-15T00:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T00:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/washington-declares-the-south-african-ambassador-persona-non-grata-against-the-backdrop-of-hardening-of-relations-with-pretoria\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T00:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T00:43:01","slug":"washington-declares-the-south-african-ambassador-persona-non-grata-against-the-backdrop-of-hardening-of-relations-with-pretoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/washington-declares-the-south-african-ambassador-persona-non-grata-against-the-backdrop-of-hardening-of-relations-with-pretoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington declares the South African Ambassador &#8220;Persona Non Grata&#8221;, against the backdrop of hardening of relations with Pretoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/556\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/600\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/664\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/700\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/800\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"L\u2019ambassadeur d\u2019Afrique du Sud aux Etats-Unis, Ebrahim Rasool, s\u2019exprime \u00e0 l\u2019ambassade d\u2019Afrique du Sud \u00e0 Washington, le 6\u00a0d\u00e9cembre\u00a02013.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/3691\/2584\/664\/0\/75\/0\/1d15333_ftp-import-images-1-xj9gpp9g3zrj-c84dcbdf2c95413096a48aee6c7240ea-0-3aed0f651f03461db45b58f17e17c4b1.jpg\" alt=\"South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasol, speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington on December 6, 2013.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasol, speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington on December 6, 2013.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Cliff Owen \/ AP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The diplomat is now <em>&#8220;Persona non grata&#8221;<\/em> in Washington. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, March 14, that the South African Ambassador to the United States was <em>&#8220;The more welcome&#8221;<\/em> in the American capital, accusing it in particular of <em>&#8220;Ha\u00efr&#8221;<\/em> Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Ebrahim Rasool <em>&#8220;Nourishes racial tensions, hates the United States and hates the president&#8221;<\/em> Donald Trump, wrote Marco Rubio on X, adding that the South African diplomat was now considered as <em>&#8220;Persona non grata&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Ebrahim Rasool became the South African ambassador in Washington in January 2025, a position he has already held in the past.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Ramaphosa admits that &#8220;everything seemed to derail&#8221; with Trump<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">This decision is part of a context of hardening of relations between the United States and South Africa. Since his return to the White House in January, Donald Trump has accused Pretoria of treating <em>&#8220;Unjust&#8221;<\/em> descendants of European settlers, even creating an asylum procedure in the United States for <em>&#8220;Afrikaners refugees&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also decryption |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">    In South Africa, the discomfort of Afrikaners nationalists invited to exile by Donald Trump <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3409552\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2025\/02\/10\/en-afrique-du-sud-le-malaise-des-nationalistes-afrikaners-invites-a-l-exil-par-donald-trump_6540648_3212.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">In addition to cutting all help in South Africa, he had decided that the United States would encourage <em>&#8220;Reinstallation&#8221;<\/em> of these, <em>&#8220;Fleeing racial discrimination encouraged by the government&#8221;<\/em>according to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Elon Musk, a native of South Africa and powerful ally of Donald Trump, also accused the South African government of discrimination against white populations.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">    South Africa in the viewfinder of the Trump administration <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3409264\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2025\/02\/07\/l-afrique-du-sud-dans-le-viseur-de-l-administration-trump_6536095_3212.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">In February, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he wanted to go to the United States, recognizing that <em>&#8220;Everything seemed to derail&#8221;<\/em> Between him and Donald Trump since a first call between the two men, when the American president returns to power.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasol, speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington on December 6, 2013. 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