South Africa, U.S. diplomatic row deepens over envoy’s public remarks-Xinhua
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tensions between South Africa and the United States have deepened following a fresh public exchange between South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III. On Monday, Bozell responded on social media platform X to remarks by Lamola, who said the U.S. envoy should "get out of the kitchen" if he was tired of dialogue and no longer believed in diplomatic engagement with Pretoria. "So here we go again. Another Minister Lamola personal insult aimed at an American leader (this time me)," Bozell wrote, adding that the South African government then "wonders why relations are collapsing." Lamola's remarks were published by the Sunday Times, a South African newspaper, on Sunday, ...