Rasool and his wife, Rashieda, arrived in Cape Town to a hero’s welcome at Cape Town International Airport, where supporters from the provincial African National Congress and its alliance partners gathered at the international arrivals gate.

Rasool was declared persona non grata by the US government following remarks he made in a webinar linking former US President Donald Trump to white supremacy.

“We have tried to engage, but we were met with executive orders that cut aid. Now, millions are reinfected with HIV, and dangerous things are happening. This is why we must mend relations with the US or face the next four years in isolation,” Rasool says.

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