COM3705
Assignment 3
(Portfolio)
Semester 1
Memo | Due 23
May 2025
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Exam (elaborations)
COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester
1 Memo | Due 23 May 2025
Course
International Communication (COM3705)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Media Imperialism
COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester 1 Memo | Due 23 May 2025. All
questions fully answered.
QUESTION 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Dzuni Mtimbani) (45) READ THE
BELOW ARTICLE BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS South Africa
committed to US ties after ‗regrettable‘ expulsion of envoy South Africa has
said the decision of the United States to expel Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is
―regrettable‖, but the country ―remains committed to building a mutually
beneficial relationship‖ with Washington. South Africa‘s presidency urged
―all relevant and impacted stakeholders to maintain the established
diplomatic decorum in their engagement with the matter‖ in a statement
issued on Saturday morning, just hours after US State Secretary Marco Rubio
called Rasool a ―race-baiting politician‖ who hates the US and President
Donald Trump. Rubio wrote on X that Rasool was ―no longer welcome in our
great country‖, adding: ―We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is
considered PERSONA NON GRATA.‖ Rubio linked his remarks to an article by
the right-wing media outlet Breitbart, wherein Rasool is quoted as saying
Trump mobilised a ―supremacist instinct‖ and ―white victimhood‖ as a
―dog whistle‖ during the 2024 elections. But South African political analyst
Sandile Swana told Al Jazeera that the ―core of the dispute‖ was Pretoria‘s
decision to form a genocide case at the International Court of Justice against
Israel, a close US ally, over its war on Gaza. In February, Rasool, an
antiapartheid campaigner, told the Zeteo news site that what South Africans
experienced during apartheid rule ―is on steroids in Palestine‖. Moreover,
Swana explained that in the fight against apartheid, the US ―supported the
apartheid regime‖.―[So] Rasool continues to point out the behaviour of the
United States, even now is to support apartheid and genocide,‖ he added.
Land policy Still, the decision by Washington to expel the South African
ambassador comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two
countries, since Trump cut financial aid to South Africa after citing his
disapproval of its land policy that he alleged allows land to be seized from
white farmers. Last week, Trump pushed this further and said South Africa‘s
Assignment 3
(Portfolio)
Semester 1
Memo | Due 23
May 2025
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Exam (elaborations)
COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester
1 Memo | Due 23 May 2025
Course
International Communication (COM3705)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Media Imperialism
COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester 1 Memo | Due 23 May 2025. All
questions fully answered.
QUESTION 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Dzuni Mtimbani) (45) READ THE
BELOW ARTICLE BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS South Africa
committed to US ties after ‗regrettable‘ expulsion of envoy South Africa has
said the decision of the United States to expel Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is
―regrettable‖, but the country ―remains committed to building a mutually
beneficial relationship‖ with Washington. South Africa‘s presidency urged
―all relevant and impacted stakeholders to maintain the established
diplomatic decorum in their engagement with the matter‖ in a statement
issued on Saturday morning, just hours after US State Secretary Marco Rubio
called Rasool a ―race-baiting politician‖ who hates the US and President
Donald Trump. Rubio wrote on X that Rasool was ―no longer welcome in our
great country‖, adding: ―We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is
considered PERSONA NON GRATA.‖ Rubio linked his remarks to an article by
the right-wing media outlet Breitbart, wherein Rasool is quoted as saying
Trump mobilised a ―supremacist instinct‖ and ―white victimhood‖ as a
―dog whistle‖ during the 2024 elections. But South African political analyst
Sandile Swana told Al Jazeera that the ―core of the dispute‖ was Pretoria‘s
decision to form a genocide case at the International Court of Justice against
Israel, a close US ally, over its war on Gaza. In February, Rasool, an
antiapartheid campaigner, told the Zeteo news site that what South Africans
experienced during apartheid rule ―is on steroids in Palestine‖. Moreover,
Swana explained that in the fight against apartheid, the US ―supported the
apartheid regime‖.―[So] Rasool continues to point out the behaviour of the
United States, even now is to support apartheid and genocide,‖ he added.
Land policy Still, the decision by Washington to expel the South African
ambassador comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two
countries, since Trump cut financial aid to South Africa after citing his
disapproval of its land policy that he alleged allows land to be seized from
white farmers. Last week, Trump pushed this further and said South Africa‘s
