Spotlight | South Africa
Shunned by Washington, Pretoria turns to Democratic LA and New York for support

Ronald Lamola at the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, in New York, on 29 July 2025.
Ronald Lamola at the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, in New York, on 29 July 2025. © Bianca Otero/Zuma Press Wire via Reuters Connect
Weary of the hostility shown towards his country by the authorities in the American capital, Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola headed for California and New York in September to try out a new strategy of ‘subnational' diplomacy in the Democratic strongholds. [...]
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