US ambassador makes light of Mantashe's 'regime change' claims
Johannesburg - US ambassador to South Africa, Patrick Gaspard, took a tongue-in-cheek approach in his response to allegations that his embassy was trying to influence regime change in the country.
Speaking at an anti-racism march in Pretoria on Friday, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe accused the US Embassy of meeting daily to advance regime change in South Africa.
Gaspard took to Twitter in response to Mantashe's allegations.
"I wish that someone would invite me to these meetings. Let's not blame others for our own challenges," he wrote.
In a second tweet he said: "I'm so disappointed as I always imagined that if I organised a coup it would look like Mardi Gras - food, music, dance."