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Roelf Meyer: South Africa names apartheid-era politician as new ambassador to the US
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who served in the last government of the apartheid era, as his new ambassador to the US, his office has said.
The country has not had a top envoy in the US since Ebrahim Rasool was expelled last year after he accused President Donald Trump of trying to "project white victimhood as a dog whistle".
This worsened already strained relations between the nations, which took a downward spiral after Trump's return to office last year.
Ramaphosa's spokesperson Vincent Magwenya confirmed Meyer's nomination, telling the BBC it would be "immediate".
"I can confirm that President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Meyer as South Africa's ambassador to the US," he said.
South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US
Appointment of Roelf Meyer seen as attempt to improve relations amid false US accusations of genocide against Afrikaners
South Africa has appointed a former apartheid government chief negotiator during the talks that ended white rule in the 1990s as ambassador to the US, in what is seen as an attempt to improve the deeply strained diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
Roelf Meyer replaces Ebrahim Rasool, who was expelled in March 2025 after he criticised the Trump administration.
Since Donald Trump began his second term, the US president has accused South Africa’s government of racial discrimination against white Afrikaners, who led the country during apartheid. His government has also given priority to white South Africans, who have come to the US as refugees while almost all other refugees have been shut off.
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South Africa appoints former apartheid-era negotiator as US ambassador
Roelf Meyer will replace the South African ambassador who was expelled from the US by President Donald Trump in 2025.
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, according to local media.
Meyer’s appointment is seen as a sign that Pretoria is aiming to improve its relations with Washington following a “turbulent year”, according to the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
South Africa has gone without diplomatic representation in Washington, DC, since March 2025, when US President Donald Trump expelled Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool for his criticism of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.
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