Bozell’s ‘big mistake’ shows SA who he is

News24
12 Mar 2026

In this interview with News24, Senior Researcher with SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy Programme, Gustavo de Carvalho, examines the diplomatic fallout from US Ambassador Brent Bozell’s comments that he “didn’t care” about the court ruling that found the chant “Kill the Boer” was not hate speech and what they reveal about the current state of US-South Africa relations.

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