South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to tap veteran political negotiator Roelf Meyer as the country’s next envoy to the US, as Pretoria seeks to steady relations with Washington after a turbulent year.
Meyer, 78, would replace Ebrahim Rasool as ambassador, said the people who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public.
Presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya wasn’t immediately available to comment.
Meyer is a veteran negotiator who was the chief representative of the negotiations to end apartheid in the 1990s.
Ramaphosa was the chief negotiator for the ANC
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