The Office of the President of South Africa has announced on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Mcebisi Jonas as South Africa's official representative to the United States of America and is expected to amend broken relations between two countries.

"I hereby announce the appointment of Mr Mcebisi Jonas as my 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.

In this capacity,Mr Jonas is entrusted with the responsibility to advance South Africa's diplomatic,trade and bilateral priorities.He will lead negotiations,foster strategic partnerships and engage with U.S. government officials and private-sector leaders to promote our nation's interests,"said President Ramaphosa.

The appointment of Jonas has come in a period whereby Pretoria and Washington are on each others' throat followed the return of Donald Trump as the President of U.S. few months ago.

Since his return to power,President Trump has been spreading unfounded accusations about South Africa in his social media site Truth Social where he claimed that the white genocide exist and is targeting Afrikaner farmers which is not true.

On February,Donald Trump cut all U.S. financial aids to South Africa because he is furious that government took Israel to the International Court of Justice(ICJ) for committing genocide in Gaza,and U.S. is the main sponsor of that ongoing genocide which claimed more than 50,000 innocent lives in the enclave since October 2023 after Palestinian resistance group Hamas raided southern Israel on 7 October 2023 and 1200 people lost their lives on that fateful day.

Last month,U.S. Secretary of State,Marco Rubio expelled South African ambassador Ebrahim Rasool after he labeled Trump as a white supremacist and declared Rasool as persona non-grata.

The President is confident that appointing someone of the calibre of Jonas to promote the country is the right decision because he is not a newbie when it comes on that and maintained that he will continue with his non-political related activities while serving as the Special Envoy in the U.S.

"An eminent South African leader,Mr Jonas served as one of four Presidential Investment Envoys that I appointed in 2018 to facilitate investment into South Africa.

"As a former Deputy Finance Minister of South Africa,Mr Jonas brings extensive governmental experience to his new diplomatic role.Concurrently,he holds the position of Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the MTN Group,a role he will maintain alongside his responsibilities as my Special Envoy.

This appointment underscores his distinguished career and continued commitment to advancing South Africa's national and economic interests,"President Ramaphosa added.

President Ramaphosa emphasised that he is committed on maintaining existing relationship South Africa has with the United States of America based on mutual respect.

"For decades,South Africa and the United States of America have maintained a historical and strategic relationship.In the interest of our country,our region and the rest of our continent,I remain committed to rebuilding and maintaining this relationship for more decades on the basis of mutual respect,recognition of each other's sovereignty and benefit for our respective peoples,"concluded President Ramaphosa.