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Ebrahim Rasool

Ebrahim Rasool is a South African politician and diplomat who served as South African ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015. He is a member of the African National Congress and held several senior positions in South African government before his diplomatic appointment. Rasool served as Premier of the Western Cape province from 2004 to 2008, becoming the first Muslim premier of a South African province. Prior to that role, he was a member of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature and held various ministerial portfolios in the provincial government. His tenure as ambassador to Washington coincided with a period of strengthening bilateral relations between South Africa and the United States under the administrations of Presidents Jacob Zuma and Barack Obama. During his diplomatic service, Rasool focused on trade, investment and cultural ties between the two countries. He has been an active commentator on South African politics and international affairs since completing his ambassadorial term. Rasool's political career has been marked by his advocacy for non-racialism and democratic governance. He holds academic qualifications in education and has been involved in civil society and political activism since the anti-apartheid struggle. His perspectives on South African politics and US–South Africa relations continue to feature in public discourse and media commentary.

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US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell and Roelf Meyer
Ramaphosa defends appointment of ‘patriotic’ Meyer to ‘recalibrate’ US relations
15th April 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Despite backlash at his appointment of Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa has doubled down on his decision, arguing that Meyer is well qualified to... 


Roelf Meyer
Ramaphosa appoints Roelf Meyer as next ambassador to US
14th April 2026 By: Reuters

President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Roelf Meyer, a former chief government negotiator during talks to end white minority rule in the 1990s, to be his country's next ambassador to the United... 


Thabo Thage
S Africa appoints Thage to embassy in Washington – Report
30th March 2026 By: Bloomberg

South Africa appointed career diplomat Thabo Thage as its so-called minister plenipotentiary to Washington as it finalises the selection of a permanent ambassador, Business Day reported. The... 


Image of Leo Brent Bozell III
EFF calls for expulsion of Trump's ambassador
11th March 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Economic Freedom Fighters and the African National Congress have condemned US ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III’s utterances on South Africa's foreign policy and domestic laws,... 


The South African and US flags
Trump's new ambassador Bozell arrives in South Africa amid strained ties
17th February 2026 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between... 


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