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- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the new ambassador to the United States.
- Roelf Meyer, 78, was a key negotiator in the 1990s talks that ended apartheid and served under Nelson Mandela.
- The move follows the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool, who angered the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
- South Africa has lacked an ambassador in Washington since Rasool's departure.
