South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who helped negotiate the end of white minority rule in his country in the 1990s, as the next ambassador to the United States.
Meyer, once served as a minister under the apartheid Nationalist Party government.
Report says that Meyer’s appointment is seen as a sign that Pretoria is aiming to improve its relations with Washington following a “turbulent year.
It will be recalled that South Africa has gone without diplomatic representation in Washington, DC, since March 2025, when United States President Donald Trump expelled Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool for his criticism of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.