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File image: Ebrahim Rasool addresses an event as South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States (US) last year.
Former South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States (US) Ebrahim Rasool says he will soon hand over his report to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
He was expelled from the US after the remarks he made in a webinar linking President Donald Trump to white supremacy.
Rasool received a hero’s welcome from members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape and alliance supporters at Cape Town International Airport yesterday.
He says he is finalising the report.
Rasool says, “We started report last week, finalised it and we will be ready for the President with that report.”
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Meanwhile, Rasool says he attempted to engage Washington on issues affecting South Africa but was met with resistance.
Rasool was declared persona non grata by the United States government.
“We have tried to engage, met with executive orders that cut aid, now sit with millions reinfected with HIV, dangerous things are happening. It’s why we must mend relations with the US or sit out the next four years,” Rasool said.
