OBITUARY | He broke down apartheid walls and built a better future for SA youth
Jaap Durand, once vice-rector of the University of the Western Cape and co-author of the ‘Belhar Confession’, has died aged 87
30 January 2022 - 17:37
Prof Jaap Durand, who has died in Stellenbosch at the age of 87, was an anti-apartheid theologian and legendary vice-rector of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) who helped to turn it from an apartheid bush college into a nonracial, world-class institution attracting leading academics and researchers, and top-performing students...
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