Jakes Gerwel "One of the Best Academics in the Country"

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Channel: eNCA · 2012 · News & Politics

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Johannesburg, November 28 - The family of struggle icon, Professor Jakes Gerwel, has confirmed he passed away at the Kuilsriver Hospital in Cape Town on Wednesday morning. A renowned academic and politician, Gerwel lectured students across the nation. He was considered an expert in Afrikaans literature and was an icon of the black consciousness movement.

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