Roelf Meyer is not giving up on the great SA democracy story

Roelf Meyer, negotiating partner of Cyril Ramaphosa, is sad about what happened to South Africa during the Zuma presidency

28 April 2024 - 00:00

He served under three successive presidents — PW Botha, FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela — and was in at the birth of democracy. For Roelf Meyer, the raising of the new flag for the first time three decades ago signalled something beautiful...

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