B. 1994 Rising talent Gerwel was an exceptional, courageous, and pioneering South African intellectual, scholar, leader, activist and citizen with a deep commitment to equity, social justice and democracy.
Ahead of an exhibition @studiovoltairelondon, Gert Johannes Gerwel (18 January – 28 November ) known mononymously as Jakes, was a South African academic and anti-apartheid activist. He served as Director-General of the Presidency when Nelson Mandela was in office.
It's the final week to visit Gerwel was a significant role-player in academic circles. He was, for example, chancellor of Rhodes University, honorary professor of humanities at the University of Pretoria as well as distinguished professor and occupant of the Nelson Mandela Chair of Humanities at UWC.
Born in South London in As we commemorate the extraordinary life of Professor Jakes Gerwel, I will begin by pointing out three points of convergence between his and my life. First, I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means for people to lead a good life, and what the right way of making this happen is.
Executive Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Author, teacher, leading intellectual, member of the ANC and Director-General in the presidential office of Nelson Mandela. Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape).
Jake Grewal. Ahead of an From May to June Professor Gerwel served as Director-General in the Office of President Mandela. He also served as secretary of the Cabinet, chancellor of the Chancellery of Orders, and as a member of various government committees.
Born in South London
Professor Gert Johannes "Jakes" Gerwel, who died of complications following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a quiet South African, but one who thought and acted with nobility and courage. This was clear in his visionary, successful attempts to transform the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from an apartheid "bush university" into the. He was a warrior, Jakes Gerwel was Chancellor of Rhodes University, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, and Honorary Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pretoria. He was Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Western Cape from to