The webinar was moderated by Viktor Kipiani, Chairman of Geocase. He introduced the guest to the public and noted that this was the first event for the Georgian audience and the circle of experts, which would allow the audience to see South Africa not only in terms of the end of apartheid, but also to understand the country's domestic policy and foreign relations.

Rolf Meyer gave a brief overview of the apartheid regime in South Africa and also told the listeners about his own history of how a person, raised in a very conservative family supporting apartheid, has fundamentally changed his worldview and has later engaged in politics only for the purpose of carrying out changes in the country to end apartheid. He began working on the changes, when he was selected as a member of the then ruling party, the National Party, in the Parliament.

In his speech, Rolf Meyer particularly highlighted the historic merit of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, South African president, Frederik Willem de Klerk (in 1989-1994), and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in terms of achieving the reconciliation and peace between the peoples of South Africa after the end of apartheid.

He also spoke about the elimination of political violence after the regime change and stressed that the unification of civil society, trade unions, business community and other circles on its own initiative around the problem made it possible to reach a consensus and sign a national peace agreement to end political violence. Today, South Africa shares the concept of successful dialogue held at the grassroots level with the countries having similar internal conflicts.

According to Rolf Meyer, the successful completion of negotiations between the divided parties in South African society was conditioned by three main factors: the inclusiveness of the negotiation process, the building of trust between the parties, and the assumption of responsibility for initiatives and outcomes. As a result, there was a peaceful transition from the apartheid regime to the democratic formation. According to him, the transparency of the process and the crucial role of the media in it - a constructive approach and interest in progress were also important. However, despite everything, as Rolf Meyer said, the socio-economic transformation of the country has not been as successful and, consequently, the economic model of South Africa needs to be reformed.

The moderator of the event, Viktor Kipiani, thanked the guest for the highly interesting and informative webinar and noted that the Georgian audience was given an excellent opportunity to learn more about the experience of achieving peace, reconciliation and compromise in South Africa and get very practical advice from the person with such high authority and competence.