{"id":31810,"date":"2026-04-14T11:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31810"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:45:31","slug":"us-envoy-meets-with-former-sa-president-mbeki","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-envoy-meets-with-former-sa-president-mbeki\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy meets with former SA President Mbeki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ambassador of the United States (US) to South Africa (SA), Brent Bozell III, has met with former President Thabo Mbeki in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.<\/p>\n<p>Since his arrival, Bozell has engaged widely with a range of individuals and organisations across the country.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nLast week, he formally presented his credentials to SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/div>\n<div>\nHis meeting with Mbeki forms part of these broader outreach efforts, aimed at strengthening ties and fostering dialogue with key SA stakeholders.<\/div>\n<div>\nMbeki has previously underscored the importance of constructive engagement SA and the US, advocating for a relationship grounded in mutual respect and co-operation.<\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21337,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-31810","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Ambassador of the United States","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31810","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\/31810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31811,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31810\/revisions\/31811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}