Minister Lamola says the most qualified person will be the next ambassador to the US regardless of race [SOUND]

# ANC national executive committee member and International Relations minister, Ronald Lamola, says the most qualified person will be appointed as South Africa’s ambassador to the US. There are calls for president Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a white individual to replace Ebrahim Rasool, with DA federal council chair Helen Zille suggesting former leader Tony Leon for the role. The position became available after Rasool was expelled from America for accusing president Donald Trump and his administration of supremacism. Lamola says the ANC remains a non-racial party: