The relationship between South Africa and the United States of America took a turn for the worst when US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio announced the expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool on social media platform, X. The two countries have had strong ties, dating back to the pre-democratic era. However there have been difficult moments.International News Editor Sophie Mokoena looks back at some of those moments and how differences were addressed.
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Mme Sophie – The Queen of stating the obvious – belatedly as well . SABC must seriously re-consider her role for such a crucial assignment and analysis like International /GeoPolitical Affairs .Especially with the current global world order reconfiguration .
Whom flew Mandela to the US at his own cost? Do you know?
Nothing change just in reverse
Shes living Pretty , selling us for money
I really love Sophie's accent and she's such a clear and eloquent communicator 💯
They did not know then what Bantu people are going to do in this country, now they do. The whole world knows. And Amirica is 20 minutes away, try them and find out😂
No place in the world for a racist regime
We are South Africa 🎉🎉🇿🇦
America is quick to act on White genocide falsehoods but they were very reluctant and even the last ones to accept that Apartheid is a crime against humanity.
America has never been our friend. They are friends of the White establishment in South Africa. And they will protect it at all cost. Now, we as South Africans, need to protect our land, at all costs.
This narrator is fighting for her life yoh ..
Why I would say Zuma sold our country, this video shows a discourse in our consistent commitment to state sovereignty.😢
The americans should not have interferred in South Africa during apartheid. The country has now colapsed just like Afghanistan. America is waking up realizing that the South African government and most political parties are part of a corrupt racist communist movement. Hopefully the people can survive this phase in South Africa.
Remove the race based laws.
The US does almost no commerce in Africa much less South Africa. In SA the US did a mere 15B in commerce (2024), as a perspective this is the market size the US does in toothbrushes ( real number ). The US can afford to make demands.
So SA even under "man"dela was an ungrate telling the US what to do.
Racism would have died long ago in SA if not for the politicians keeping it alive.
ANCancer
The current political climate in the USA is raising concerns about increasing authoritarian tendencies. Similar to the DA and Afriforum, they lack the moral, ethical, and cultural authority to dictate how South Africa should be governed. The USA appears to be straying from its constitutional principles, which unfortunately aligns with the interests of certain groups in SA who support this backwardness.
mandela left a broken country
now anc cadres blame the usa
deluded people
The ANC has no integrity or accountability. They keep saying they're non-racial when the fact is they are not. They support racist laws which have been ineffective and corrupt. EED is a much better solution. Take all those shares cadres acquired through extorting companies and give them to the employees.
If Rasool's replacement is as stupid as him then South Africa is in trouble 😂
Bush & Cheney were both Cocaine snorting and involved with 9/11. WEF, Soros, Gates, who are currently lauding over SA media and more, CDC and vaxxes and mandates are part of the same agenda, they constantly rebrand, BEWARE. Roman Law and the Vatican are anti democracy. the King of the North (Iran) will shake hands and make deals with the king of the South (Vatican) – they both hate God's remnant.
😂you wish
The USA consistently failed to support the ANC throughout the struggle for independence.
South African leaders should stop being rude and antagonistic towards America. America doesn't need SA but SA needs the US.
BEE enriching only the ANC , their families and their friends – while our poor black and colored people get poorer by the day. Sanctions against the ANC Cadres from the USA is coming soon.