{"id":46895,"date":"2026-09-30T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46895"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:35:53","slug":"dirco-demarches-us-ambassador-to-sa-leo-brent-bozell-iii","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/dirco-demarches-us-ambassador-to-sa-leo-brent-bozell-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"DIRCO demarches US ambassador to SA Leo Brent Bozell III"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">A Senior International Relations official has confirmed that United States (US) Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III has been demarched for a third time in nine months.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Bozell has been called-in to explain what the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) describes as \u201cundiplomatic conduct.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The official says both countries remain committed to resolving outstanding bilateral issues.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>He condemned the chant as hate speech at a Biznews Conference in Hermanus in the Western Cape province.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21337,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46895","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Earlier this year, Bozell III backtracked and apologised about remarks he made about the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant.","published_date":"","news_description":"Earlier this year, Bozell III backtracked and apologised about remarks he made about the \u201cKill the Boer\u201d chant.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46896,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46895\/revisions\/46896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}