The consensus is that it was Ebrahim Rasool’s responsibility to hold his tongue, a kind of golden rule in diplomacy.

President Donald Trump ended Secret Service protection for President Joe Biden's children, Hunter and Ashley Biden, early on Monday, March 17. Trump's own adult children had Secret Service protection for six months after he left the White House in 2021.

South Africa’s non-aligned stance became a bone of contention with the Biden administration after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The United States pushed the world community to condemn Russia, but South Africa, along with many African nations ...

The US is ‘trying to punish South Africa and trying to push it in a different direction because of their stance on Palestine,’ says political analyst Dale McKinley - Anadolu Ajansı

South Africa's presidency said on Thursday that the new U.S. tariffs underscore the need to negotiate a new bilateral trade deal with Washington to ensure long-term trade certainty.

Before leaving office, Biden granted six-month extensions for Secret Service protection to his DHS chief and two adult children.

South Africa’s recently passed land expropriation law drew President Trump’s ire in the form of a February 7 executive order cutting aid to the African country. The executive order also cited South Africa’s ties with Iran and its lawfare campaign against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as additional causes for concern.

In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump,