To: The United States Secretary of State

Honourable Marc Rubio, Washington, D.C., USA

Subject: Urgent Concern – Naledi Pandor’s Planned Entry into the United States

Dear Honorable Secretary of State Rubio,

I am writing to raise serious concerns regarding Dr Naledi Pandor, the former South African Minister of International Relations and current Chair of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Dr. Pandor is scheduled to appear publicly in Wisconsin on 14 November 2025.

I respectfully request you to consider whether Dr Pandor’s activities and rhetoric warrant action before her scheduled appearance. Some problematic aspects of her conduct are briefly mentioned.

Dr Pandor as foreign minister played a key role in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2023. In a three-month window preceding South Africa’s 29 December 2023 ICJ filing there was a tightly sequenced diplomatic alignment........

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