# RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi says South Africa may struggle to replace former US ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. Rasool, who served from 2010 to 2015 and was reappointed in 2024, was expelled after comparing Donald Trump’s leadership to a supremacist movement. Given 72 hours to leave, he is expected back in South Africa this week. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Zibi called the US decision regrettable:
RISE Mzansi claims SA may struggle to replace expelled Ambassador Rasool [SOUND]
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