Trump envoy to South Africa ordered lavish second residence: report Updated
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Former president Donald Trump s ambassador to South Africa
pushed the State Department to spend some $1 million to renovate a second
residence for her that she never occupied, a report said.
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Lana Marks, a designer of expensive handbags who was an early member of Trump s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, wanted a second official
residence in Cape Town, the oceanside city often seen as more desirable than
the capital Pretoria said the report, which cited unnamed diplomats.
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Tuesday 26 January 2021 - 8:09pm
13 November 2019 - US Ambassador designate Lana Marks is in South Africa for a press briefing at the Consulate in Sandton.
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WASHINGTON - Former president Donald Trump s ambassador to South Africa pushed the State Department to spend some $1-million to renovate a second residence for her that she never occupied, a report said.
Lana Marks, a designer of expensive handbags who was an early member of Trump s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, wanted a second official residence in Cape Town, the oceanside city often seen as more desirable than the capital Pretoria, said the report, which cited unnamed diplomats.
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The US ambassador to SA, Lana Marks, has reportedly asked the US State Department to spend millions to renovate a house she never lived in.
A report says she ordered renovations and furniture worth around R15 million.
The home is in Cape Town.
Former president Donald Trump s ambassador to South Africa pushed the State Department to spend some $1 million (about R15 million) to renovate a second residence for her that she never occupied, a report said.
Lana Marks, a designer of expensive handbags who was an early member of Trump s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, wanted a second official residence in Cape Town, the oceanside city often seen as more desirable than the capital Pretoria, said the report, which cited unnamed diplomats.
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