Amid diplomatic tensions, Donald Trump has appointed Leo Brent Bozell III, a known defender of apartheid in the 1980s, as ambassador to South Africa. Bozell is reportedly advocating for Afrikaners to be admitted to the U.S. as refugees.

Right-wing activist Leo Brent Bozell III has been appointed as Trump's envoy to South Africa, tasked with navigating the country's fraught relationship with the US and engaging in 'culture wars'.

US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to South Africa has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between the two states. An embassy official told Reuters on Monday that ‌the envoy, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, had arrived. Bozell is expected to present his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa before officially taking up his post. Relations between Washington and Pretoria have deteriorated in the past year as Trump has accused...