South Africa's Head General Visited Iranian Special Forces Unit

South African National Defense Force Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya inspected an Iranian special forces unit last week, despite efforts by the South African government to minimize the importance of his visit.

As Breitbart News has reported , the South African government has been at pains to claim that Maphwanya went rogue, visiting Iran and making statements against the United States and Israel while in Iran.

The danger to South Africa is that it could be kicked out of the list of countries that benefit from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), or that the U.S. could end negotiations on reducing a 30% tariff.

The problem for South Africa’s effort to do damage control is that Iran reported extensively on Maphwanya’s visit, casting doubt on the idea that it was somehow an indi