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.
![Roelf Meyer, South African politician and new ambassador to the US, in 2018 [File: Wikus de Wet/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20180515__14Z893__v1__HighRes__SafricaAgricultureEconomy-1776222341.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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