I Tried Engaging Washington On Issues Affecting Sa: Rasool

Expelled US ambassador Ebrahim Rasool says he attempted to engage Washington on issues affecting South Africa but was met with resistance.

Rasool and his wife, Rashieda, arrived in Cape Town to a hero's welcome at Cape Town International Airport, where supporters from the provincial African National Congress ANC and its alliance partners gathered at the international arrivals gate.

Rasool was declared persona non grata by the United States government following remarks he made in a webinar linking former US President Donald Trump to white supremacy.

"We have tried to engage, met with executive orders that cut aid, now sit with millions reinfected with HIV, dangerous things are happening. Its why we must mend relations with the US or sit out the next four years," Rasool says.

Rasool answers media questions He maintains that his comments were not a personal attack on the White House but an analysis of political conditions in the US.