On the SA side, Cabinet Ministers Ronald Lamola, Parks Tau, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, and John Steenhuisen will be part of the official delegation. Representing the US will be Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Both teams are bolstered by prominent figures from the worlds of sport and business.

Supporting Ramaphosa’s delegation are golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, Richemont Founder and Remgro Chair Johann Rupert, Vice President of Business Unity SA and Group Chief Executive Officer at Discovery Adrian Gore, and Congress of SA Trade Unions President Zingiswa Losi.

On the US side, SA-born Elon Musk will participate as a special government employee representing the Department of Government Efficiency, along with Dr Massad Boulos, a senior advisor on Africa and the Middle East.

--ChannelAfrica--