# President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former State Security minister, Ayanda Dlodlo, as South Africa’s ambassador-designate to France. She will succeed Nathi Mthethwa, who died in September last year after serving as ambassador since 2024. Sixty-three-year-old Dlodlo has held various cabinet positions under former president Jacob Zuma and Ramaphosa. She held the security portfolio during the deadly July 2021 riots and resigned in April 2022, when she took up a position at the World Bank. Dlodlo’s appointment comes ahead of Ramaphosa’s two-day working visit to France later this week.
Ramaphosa appoints former minister Ayanda Dlodlo as ambassador to France