{"id":24124,"date":"2026-02-23T13:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/trumps-new-ambassador-to-sa-presents-credentials\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:51","slug":"trumps-new-ambassador-to-sa-presents-credentials","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/trumps-new-ambassador-to-sa-presents-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s new Ambassador to SA presents credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States President Donald Trump&#8217;s pick for Ambassador to South Africa (SA), conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, this Monday presented his credentials to SA\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that Bozell had presented his letters of credence to Clayson Monyela, a Deputy Director-General.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bozell arrived in the country earlier this month, at a time of strained relations between Washington and Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has accused SA of persecuting its white minority, criticised its ties with Russia and China, imposed steep tariffs on its exports and cut all aid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pretoria strongly rejects claims that its white minority is persecuted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bozell said in his Senate confirmation hearing in October that he would approach his ambassadorship &#8220;with respect for the South African people&#8221;, and that he saw &#8220;real opportunity for a lasting partnership&#8221; despite areas of disagreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA has not had an Ambassador in Washington since the Trump administration expelled its last one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15739,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-24124","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Trump's pick for Ambassador to South Africa (SA), conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, this Monday presented his credentials to SA\u2019s government","published_date":"2026-02-23 15:36:08","news_description":"Trump's pick for Ambassador to South Africa (SA), conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, this Monday presented his credentials to SA\u2019s government","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26900,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24124\/revisions\/26900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=24124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}