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The internationalisation of MAGA

Today at 17:12 PM, via SA People

Ambassador Bozell told a room of South African business leaders he doesn’t care what their courts say. He was not speaking as a diplomat. He was performing for an audience six thousand miles away.

REBUKE: Lessons in diplomacy for the new US ambassador, with love from SA

Today at 17:06 PM, via Daily Maverick

US Ambassador Bozell’s first public engagement began promisingly, but ended in him being issued a diplomatic reprimand by the South African government. The lesson to be imbibed? Avoid obvious pitfalls in the way things are discussed and bear in mind that being a successful media critic and a successful ambassador are two different breeds of cats.

THE READINESS REPORT: Watch – Redi Tlhabi has advice for America’s new ambassador to South Africa

Today at 17:04 PM, via Daily Maverick

In this solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi discusses newly appointed US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, and the recent rebuke from Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola. Drawing on her own experience of living abroad, from the United States to London, she offers four tips on what it means to enter a new society as a guest, why understanding local sensitivities matters,...

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