South Africa has named Roelf Meyer, a former chief negotiator from the apartheid era, as its ambassador to the United States. This move is interpreted as an effort to improve the strained diplomatic ties between the two nations.

<p>Appointment of Roelf Meyer seen as attempt to improve relations amid false US accusations of ‘white genocide’</p><p>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.</p><p>Roelf Meyer replaces Ebrahim Rasool, who was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/15/south-africa...