So who is Meyer and will his appointment help improve ties between the two countries?
Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.
South Africa has not had an ambassador in Washington since the Donald Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool in March ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed veteran politician Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States in a move widely seen as an effort to ease ...
FILE - This April 19, 1994 file photo shows in the front row; Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, left, President F.W. de Klerk, middle, and African National Congress (ANC) ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed veteran politician Roelf Meyer as the country’s ambassador to the United States in a move widely seen as an effort to ease ...