GOOD Secretary-General, Brett Herron was in conversation with Newzroom Afrika’s Hugo Ribatika.
As much as the US is an influential force and important trading partner, South Africa’s constitutional values of equal rights and justice did not come cheap and are not for sale. If the price of US “friendship” is to forego our values, the price is too high.
Ambassador Rasool’s speech to the Mapungubwe Institute, which sparked his dismissal, was an extraordinary lapse of diplomatic judgement. While it is difficult not to be critical of the US’ bullying, diplomats are highly paid to facilitate – not break – relationships.