00:00South African President Siria Maposa on Wednesday received the diplomatic credential of the new U.S. ambassador
00:07as relations between the two countries languished Brent Bozil.
00:11A right-wing media critique and a strong support of President Donald Trump took up the post in February
00:17but got off to a rocky start with remarks on South Africa's racial policies and court decisions.
00:24Pretoria-Washington relations have become strained over a range of issues from South Africa's genocide case against U.S. ally
00:33Israel
00:33to Trump's disputed claims that white Afrikaners are being persecuted.
00:39Last month, Bozil was summoned to explain undiplomatic remarks after he labelled an appetite-era chant
00:46Kill the boar, kill the farmers as a hate speech and criticised policies meant to empower black South Africans
00:53in his first public address.
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