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Roelf Petrus Meyer

Date of Birth: 16 July 1947
Place of Birth: Gqeberha, South Africa


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The ANC’s 750 million rand gamble: will new dialogue restore trust or fuel opposition?

Ramaphosa who led the constitutional negotiations alongside Roelf Meyer that ended apartheid argued: ‘having dialogues is part of our DNA as a nation...

The Eminent Persons Group includes former mining executive Bobby Godsell; ANC stalwart Barbara Masekela; former Democratic Alliance leader Lindiwe Mazibuko; constitutional negotiator Roelf Meyer; business leader Gloria Serobe; humanitarian and founder of the Gift of the Givers Foundation Imtiaz Sooliman; and award-winning rocket scientist Siyabulela Xuza...


The centre is holding – for now

‘South Africa has proved itself to be a working democracy ' said veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer who was Ramaphosa's counterpart and colleague in the GNU formed 30 years ago to ease the transition from apartheid to democracy...


Ramaphosa writes off coal

Another outfit in that area is the Public-Private Group Initiative headed by apartheid-era minister Roelf Meyer (who co-chaired the constitutional talks with Ramaphosa in the mid-1990s)...


A morality contest

Fellow veteran Bantu Holomisa joined the ANC fell out with Mbeki and formed his own United Democratic Movement with former NP star Roelf Meyer...


What's left of the opposition

United Democratic Front: Formed by disgruntled politicians from the ANC under Bantu Holomisa and the New National Party under Roelf Meyer it has failed in its quest to form a national party that breaks with race...


Crossing the Limpopo

In January a three-day 'retreat' in Stellenbosch involved Palestinian and Israeli negotiators; Mbeki with three of his ministers; and some prominent National Party ex-politicians including ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Roelof 'Pik' Botha and ex-Defence Minister Roelf Meyer...


Mbeki's triumph

The curious amalgam of non-ANC blacks and conservative whites is refracted in its joint leadership: retired General Bantu Holomisa and Roelf Meyer...


Gauteng for Mbeki

The new United Democratic Movement (UDM) led by General Bantu Holomisa formerly boss of the Transkei 'homeland' and ex-National Party minister Roelf Meyer registers less than 3 per cent support...


Uneasy peace

The UDM's leaders are Bantu Holomisa formerly military dictator of the (Xhosa) Transkei homeland and Roelf Meyer a former National Party cabinet minister...


Confusions in the Cape

The ANC has suffered some inroads into its black support by the United Democratic Movement (UDM) led by Bantu Holomisa a Xhosa general who ruled the Transkei homeland after a military coup and Roelf Meyer a former NP cabinet minister...


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