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  South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US

  Summary: Appointment of Roelf Meyer seen as attempt to improve relations amid false US accusations of ‘white genocide’ 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. Background Roelf Meyer replaces Ebrahim Rasool, who was expelled in March 2025 after he criticised the Trump administr

  Laura Martens · 4/16/2026