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Gert Gerwel

Gert Johannes Gerwel

Nickname: 'Jakes'

Chairman and Director of various organisations


Born 18-01-1946 in Eastern Cape

Jakes Gerwel is Chancellor of Rhodes University, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of the Western Cape, Honorary Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pretoria, and Chairman of the Human Sciences Research Council. He is presently a non-executive director of Naspers and Old Mutual and a member of the executive, human resources and nomination committees of Media24, Media24 Holdings and Naspers.

Contact details

O: (021) 424-3346


Gert Gerwel's Professional details

Current Position(s)

Chairman | South African Airways (Pty) Ltd
2004 - present
Non-Executive Chairman | Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
South Africa | 2003 - present

Accounting, Banking and Finance

Chair | Human Sciences Research Council
1999 - present
Independent Non-Executive Director | Naspers Limited
1999 - present
Chairman | Humanities | University of the Western Cape
1999 - present
Chairman | Media24 Limited
Chairman | Welkom Yizani
Chairman | IDASA
Chair | ACCORD
Non-Executive Chairman | Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited
Director | Old Mutual Plc

Previous Position(s)

Chancellor | National Orders
1994 - 1999
Secretary | Cabinet
1994 - 1999
Director-General | President's Office
1994 - 1999
Rector, Vice-Chancellor | University of the Western Cape
1987 - 1994
Chairman | Committee of University Principals
1993 - 1993
Chairman | National Education Policy Initiative
1990 - 1992
Senior Lecturer |
University of the Western Cape | 1972 - 1986
Lecturer | University of the Western Cape
1972 - 1986
Dean | University of the Western Cape
1972 - 1986

Educational history

Tertiary

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Awarded in 2002

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Missouri

Awarded in 2002

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of the Witwatersrand

Awarded in 2001

Honorary Doctor of Laws

Rhodes University

Awarded in 1998

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Cape Town

Awarded in 1995

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

University of the Western Cape

Awarded in 1995

Honorary Doctor of Laws

New York University

Awarded in 1990

Doctor of Humane Letters

College of Clarke

Awarded in 1986

Doctor of Humanities

University of Brussels

DLitt et Phil

University of Brussels

Lic GermPhil

Achievements

Awards

Order of Southern Cross (Gold) | President Nelson Mandela

Freedom of the Town | Somerset East

Activities

Memberships

Mandela/Rhodes Foundation

Chairman

Nelson Madela Foundation

Chairman

Maatscappij Nederlandse Letteren

Member

Council of the University of Stellenbosch

Member

Academy of Science of SA (AoSSA)

Member

community

Nelson Mandela Foundation

Chairman, 1999 - present


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