And that is why I ask
@GovernmentZA @PresidencyZA - what is the point of these regular "visits" to this ambassador? Which other ambassador gets ministers, almost on a weekly basis, coming to HIS turf for meetings and then before they even leave, posts absolute lies about South Africa? Which other Ambassador and mission has had the president and his senior aides meeting with them? This was a few weeks ago and yet here is
@USAmbRSA lying viciously about a country that has afforded him respect and generosity? What is the value-add of these meetings that HE asks for? He gets indulged by the highest leadership of South Africa and then almost immediately, spits on the nation's face.
In this week when the nation is mourning brutal rapes and murders of women, this week when the possibility of a serial killer targeting Black women - this is what the ambassador of "the most powerful nation in the world" tweets?
I'm surprised some prominent South Africans are falling for Ambassador Bozell's sob story. He is telling you all that he is getting flack from Washington for not being hard enough on South Africa, for changing his views and being positive about the country. Really? Does the tweet below sound like someone who has become positive and wants to build relations? Stop falling for this manipulation, designed to get into your good books. Bozell is a hostile and dishonest ambassador. You owe him nothing.
As has been made absolutely clear, the time for endless “dialogue” has run its course. No more. America has just so much patience. We want strong, and lasting relations with the South African government. It needs to show it wants the same. So far it has shown it cares for neither. As a result, the consequences, as I’ve attempted time and again to express, are necessarily going to be severe. This visa restriction policy is only the first step in a series of escalatory measures that will show America’s firm resolve in this matter.