In this solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi discusses newly appointed US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, and the recent rebuke from Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola. Drawing on her own experience of living abroad, from the United States to London, she offers four tips” on what it means to enter a new society as a guest, why understanding local sensitivities matters, and how diplomacy can unravel when those lessons are ignored. Listen in!
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
You can listen to the Let’s Talk Human Rights podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/59LYbrnDnmsupzBh9Sb9dH?si=9ea830a251094765
Hosted by: Redi Tlhabi
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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00:15 Learning Local Culture
00:52 New Ambassador Misstep
01:39 Past Diplomats and Tensions
04:35 Why Kill the Boer Distracts
05:58 Double Standards and Hypocrisy
08:38 Nepotism and Global Rebukes
11:03 Defending the Constitution
13:19 Tip Two Avoid Echo Chambers
15:20 Accountability and Humility
18:39 South African Spirit and Bridges
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