South Africa's new ambassador Roelf Meyer, right, really came to the fore during his talks with another chief negotiator, Cyril Ramaphosa, as they strove to mend bridges and avert the widely expected bloodshed following the fall of Apartheid.
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@Sentletse | Ramaphosa appointed a former apartheid minister, Roelf Meyer, as South Africa’s ambassador to the US. We are led by fools. The disrespect to this country!
@EricBozaHolland | That was the best decision he has made since Donald Trump came into power. Meyer is compassionate and a brilliant negotiator. Nobody else is better suited for this position. Finally, Mamparaposa shows some brains.
@MokgapaSenyolo | Cyril Ramaphosa has nothing to lose. He does as he wishes because he knows very well that he is not going to contest for a third term as president of the country.
@Elixir_Africa | Well, let’s see what those who were fighting @Lesufi on @DungaLeko’s appointment will say about this deployment. I’m looking forward to hearing from the veterans and others.
@SimphiweSimpra5 | He sold our minerals and land to the private sector and drafted a constitution that protects them, not us. Black people suffer because of him. He is a puppet who helped sell out South Africa at Codesa.
@MohaleSelowa5 | You only know him as a former apartheid minister, or are you ignorant? Some breaking news, dinyaka banna le basadi, not basimanyana.
@mdumdletshe1 | But Cyril Ramaphosa and Roelf Meyer were key in negotiations that culminated on 27 April 1994. How can anybody belittle that great contribution?
@ballsxburgars | It is not being foolish, it is being strategic since the fall of apartheid.
@Callitasitis11 | Is he still considered racist after he co-founded UDM with Bantu Holomisa? He had previously left the National Party for that reason.
@Sixtus970904 | What an excellent pick, His Excellency Ramaphosa! Roelf Meyer has been in the field before you were even born. He will not talk nonsense over there.
@KamogeloMa92354 | He is deploying a racist to go speak with the racist on the other side, with the hope our own racist can mend relations.
@saltychi | Did you bother to read his history? I guess not, otherwise you would not disrespect him like this.
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