This is the 11th anniversary of Professor Jakes Gerwel’s passing on 28 November 2012. In honour of his great legacy as educator, liberator, public servant, thinker, writer, editor, patron of the arts, businessperson and family man, every year the Jakes Gerwel Foundation (formed by Mrs Phoebé Gerwel ten years ago) presents the Jakes Gerwel Commemoration Lecture.
This year, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder and head of Gift of the Givers, delivered a moving virtual lecture in which he spoke of how spirituality and faith can breach insurmountable obstacles. Dr Sooliman delivered a wake-up call to all South Africans which no one should ignore.
This is a must-watch video.
Dr Sooliman’s biography: Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers – A Mercy to All by Shafiq Morton
MC: Lebo Mazibuko – author of Bantu Knots (JGF/NB Publishers Mentorship 2020)
Videographer: Jeremeo Le Cordeur (JGF/PEN Afrikaans Residency 2020)
Jeremeo le Cordeur, gebore en getoë in Wellington in die Wes-Kaap, het ’n kreatiewe siel. Sedert hy aan City Varsity se Skool vir Media en Skeppende Kuns gegradueer het, werk Le Cordeur as kunsfotograaf en neem hy verskillende rolle in die teaterwêreld op. Le Cordeur is die entrepreneur agter Vulture Productions, ’n produksie- en ontwerpplatform vir kreatiewe en oorspronklike Suid-Afrikaanse teaterstukke. As vervaardiger en regisseur het Le Cordeur reeds vele suksesvolle teaterproduksies gelewer. In 2014 behartig hy die regie van Tannie Dora goes bos, Warren Meyer se skreeusnaakse spannings- en moorddrama wat tydens die Kunstekaap se agste Kunstefees vir Vrouemenslikheid opgevoer is. In 2019 is hy die regisseur van Mama, die karakterstuk waaraan hy met Chenal Kock meegewerk het. In dieselfde jaar sien sy twee eenmanstukke Jerry, an unconventional hero en Dude, wa’s my bakkie? die lig. In 2019 ontvang hy die NATi Jong Sterre-toekenning by die Suidoosterfees.
Lebohang Mazibuko’s initiation into storytelling has already started in 2003, in Grade 8, when she chose to specialise in drama at the National School of the Arts. She describes herself as a ‘student of the world of storytelling’ and hopes to grow from telling stories on stage to writing literature. Thanks to her background and having obtained her B Tech degree in the Dramatic Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology, Lebo could immerse herself in the performing arts through poetry performances, theatre plays, short films and television. She is also currently working as an acting coach.
