DIPLOMACY DANCE: Ambassador Roelf Meyer details plans for mending fractured SA-US relationship

Peter Fabricius· Jul 25, 2026 · 4:50 PM UTC ·10 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 14 views

$DIPLOMACY DANCE: Ambassador Roelf Meyer details plans for mending fractured SA-US relationship$

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DIPLOMACY DANCE Ambassador Roelf Meyer details plans for mending fractured SA-US relationship The veteran negotiator arrives in Washington to take up his post with a daunting brief: rebuild trust, expand trade, encourage investment and find common ground on America’s five demands. He is encouraged by what he detected on a “scoping exercise” to the US capital late last year “that we still have a lot of friends in America, on both sides of the house, Republicans as well as Democrats”. This is what he now intends to remedy.Meyer (79), who negotiated South Africa’s constitutional democracy with Cyril Ramaphosa in the early 1990s, was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as ambassador to the US in May.

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▪DIPLOMACY DANCE Ambassador Roelf Meyer details plans for mending fractured SA-US relationship The veteran negotiator arrives in Washington to take up his post with a daunting brief: rebuild trust, expand trade, encourage investment and find
▪He is encouraged by what he detected on a “scoping exercise” to the US capital late last year “that we still have a lot of friends in America, on both sides of the house, Republicans as well as Democrats”.
▪This is what he now intends to remedy.Meyer (79), who negotiated South Africa’s constitutional democracy with Cyril Ramaphosa in the early 1990s, was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as ambassador to the US in May.

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DIPLOMACY DANCE Ambassador Roelf Meyer details plans for mending fractured SA-US relationship The veteran negotiator arrives in Washington to take up his post with a daunting brief: rebuild trust, expand trade, encourage investment and find common ground on America’s five demands. By Peter Fabricius 25 Jul 2026 Roelf Meyer presented his credentials to US President Donald Trump on 21 May 2026. (Photo: South African Embassy, Washington / X) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper Roelf Meyer arrived in Washington, DC, on Friday, 24 July, eager to deploy his considerable negotiation skills to tackle the challenging task of repairing South Africa’s damaged relations with the US.

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