Trevor Manuel, Adries Nel, Tony Leon… As President Trump’s war of words against the country continues, Pretoria needs to choose a new envoy following Ebrahim Rasool’s precipitated exit.

The South African presidency on Saturday said the expulsion of its Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, is “regrettable.” The presidency disclosed this in a short statement published on X on Saturday.

Close to 70,000 South Africans have expressed interest in moving to the US following Washington's offer to resettle people from the country's Afrikaner community, a business group has said. The South African Chamber of Commerce in the USA (Saccusa) said its website received tens of thousands of registrations from those seeking more information.