### Judging by Ramaphosa’s anodyne response, we’re either naïve or totally unprepared for this almighty brawl
23 March 2025 - 00:00
It may be a bit dicey but let me go out on a limb and put in a good word for the unfortunate Ebrahim Rasool, who was settling in nicely for his second ambassadorial stint in Washington only to be sent packing with a flea in his ear by the screwballs who’ve taken over the Yankee asylum. Publicly berated and run out of town within days — the diplomatic equivalent of a lynching — he has found no sympathy at home. Typical of South Africans, we simply piled on. There’s nothing we like more than kicking a man when he’s down...