By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell hopes that the issues between South Africa and the United States of America can be resolved. Ambassador Bozell was in Durban to mark the 250th year anniversary of US Independence. It comes at a time when the two nations are starting to re-build relations. In April Roelf Meyer replaced former ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool, a move seen as step to mending diplomatic ties. But tensions have been well documented- since US President Donald Trump issued executive orders last February- which in effect halted U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and even sought to provide a refugee resettlement program prioritizing Afrikaners escaping alleged race-based discrimination and displacement. US Ambassador Bozell says having two ambassadors representing both nations is a step in the right direction...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell hopes that the issues between South Africa and the United States of America can be resolved. Ambassador Bozell was in Durban to mark the 250th year anniversary of US Independence. It comes at a time when the two nations are starting to re-build relations. In April Roelf Meyer replaced former ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool, a move seen as step to mending diplomatic ties. But tensions have been well documented- since US President Donald Trump issued executive orders last February- which in effect halted U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and even sought to provide a refugee resettlement program prioritizing Afrikaners escaping alleged race-based discrimination and displacement. US Ambassador Bozell says having two ambassadors representing both nations is a step in the right direction...</p>

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