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4 unusual facts about Roelf Meyer


Mark Hirst

The conference was attended by South African Ambassador to Ireland Melanie Verwoerd and the former South African Minister of Defence and Chief Negotiator Roelf Meyer.

Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa

Two key negotiators were Cyril Ramaphosa of the ANC, and Roelf Meyer of the National Party, who formed a close friendship.

Padraig O'Malley

He helped arrange a conference at a resort in Finland, where 16 Iraqis met senior negotiators from South Africa (SA), including Cyril Ramaphosa, chief negotiator for the African National Congress (ANC) under the leadership of Nelson Mandela; Roelf Meyer, chief negotiator for South Africa's last whites- only government and Mac Maharaj, who was co. secretary of the South African negotiating process.

In 1996, helped arrange a second such meeting, in Belfast, attended by South Africans Cyril Ramaphosa of the African National Congress and Roelf Meyer of the white National Party.



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