South Africa has summoned US Ambassador Bozell for a record third time over undiplomatic conduct in just nine months in post.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday received the diplomatic credentials of the new US ambassador, despite soured relations.
South Africa has formally called in the new American ambassador to explain controversial comments on the country’s racial policies and court decisions, escalating diplomatic tensions between Pretoria and Washington.
South Africa has accepted conservative media critic Brent Bozell as the new United States ambassador, despite his outspoken criticism of Pretoria’s policies.
A conservative media critic picked by President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said on Tuesday, as…