Roelf Meyer played a key role as a negotiator during talks to end white-minority rule in South Africa.

So who is Meyer and will his appointment help improve ties between the two countries?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Africa’s new ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, has already had meetings with US officials, including US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell. President Cyril Ramaphosa told ...