THE first South African Ambassador to be accredited to the Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan on Monday presented his credentials to President Emomali Rahmonov in the capital Dushanbe. Ambassador to Turkey based in Ankara, Tom Wheeler, is now also South Africa’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Tajikistan, which borders China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, is a country with mountains exceeded in height only by the Himalayas of Nepal and covering 93% of the country.