Rudimentary aspects of diplomacy
Surely a deputy minister should at least be schooled in the most rudimentary aspects of diplomacy?
Surely a deputy minister should at least be schooled in the most rudimentary aspects of diplomacy?
In South Africa, we fire nobody, leading to a culture of deep intolerance and impunity.
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies is satisfied with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatima Hajaig’s second apology, it said on Thursday.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatima Hajaig’s allegedly anti-Semitic remarks have earned her a dressing down from President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Deputy Foreign Minister Fatima Hajaig on Tuesday apologised for any pain caused by alleged anti-Semitic remarks she made at a rally a few weeks ago.
The storm of controversy unleashed by South African Deputy Foreign Minister Fatima Hajaig’s anti-Semitic comments is showing no sign of abating.
The Jewish Board of Deputies has filed a complaint of hate speech against Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Fatima Hajaig with the SAHRC.
Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa on Monday criticised the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for claiming that President Thabo Mbeki had not been an ”honest broker”. He was briefing Parliament’s portfolio committee on foreign affairs ahead of his country’s ”harmonised” March 29 elections.