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2022 in Review: Remembrance

On November 28, two veteran journalists / authors, one Goema poet/troubadour – three men who knew Professor Jake Gerwel well – and one Jakes Gerwel Foundation mentee who did not know him, honoured the esteemed Professors Jakes with their memories and thoughts.

These are their stories.

In a humble and endearing way by Dennis Cruywagen
Remembering Jakes Gerwel ‘asking questions about human decency’ by Michael Morris
The extraordinary life of Professor Jakes Gerwel by Zama Moyo – a 2020 JGF/NB mentee.
Poet Loit Sols honours the man who took him under his wing and mentored him, when few people recognised Loit’s creative offerings at the time. This is the link to Loit’s Netwerk 24 story.

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