After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the U.S. and posted his decision Friday on social media, South African embassy staff were summoned to the State Department and given a formal diplomatic note explaining the decision,

South Africa‘s ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, has until Friday to leave the country. Rasool is still in the United States, according to the South African Foreign Ministry, even after Secretary of State Marco Rubio expelled him and gave him “persona non grata” status.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remarks by South Africa's ambassador to the United States were "unacceptable," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Monday after Washington last week made the decision to expel the envoy. Bruce said the ambassador's privileges expired on Monday and he would have to be out of the country by Friday.