South African President to Receive US Envoy’s Credentials

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the credentials of US Ambassador-designate Brent Bozell this week, a step that may signal a tentative easing of strained ties between the two countries.

Bozell’s formal accreditation on April 8 comes after months of friction between Pretoria and Washington, including the expulsion last year of South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, by President Donald Trump’s administration. Rasool had drawn Washington’s ire after saying Trump supporters were part of a “supremacist movement.”