Ambassador Meyer says South Africa must communicate its message correctly to the US [SOUND]

# South African Ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer says the bilateral relationship between the two countries needs to be restored through dialogue. Diplomatic tensions have intensified following the new visa restrictions targeting certain South Africans who are complicit in enacting or enforcing policies that allow for uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and the incitement of violence against minority groups. Meyer says South Africa also needs to address what he described as “misunderstanding and misrepresentation” about the country’s constitutional framework and democracy: