Roelf Meyer returns to unite black and white farmers

17 July 2019 - 08:00
By Kgaugelo Masweneng
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Roelf Meyer – feted for his brinkmanship at the curtain call of apartheid – is now spearheading an extra-governmental initiative to unite black and white farmers.

As land remains a contentious topic more than two decades after Meyer and Cyril Ramaphosa negotiated with the National Party for a turn toward democracy, he and a cohort of white farmers are launching a scheme to have emerging black farmers mentored by their white counterparts.