South Africa appoints Mcebisi Jonas as special US envoy in bid to ease tensions

The South African presidency announced Monday the appointment of Mcebisi Jonas as “Special Envoy to the United States of America, serving as the official representative of the President and the government of the Republic of South Africa.”

Mcebisi Jonas is former deputy finance minister and also served as investment envoy in 2018.

In 2016, he accused the government of Jacob Zuma, back then president of South Africa, of corruption, saying…