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Willem Esterhuyse

Willem Petrus Esterhuyse

Nickname: 'Willie'

Former Professor at Stellenbosch University


Born 19-08-1936 in Laingsburg

Willie Esterhuyse served as Professor at Stellenbosch University from 1974 to 2002. He is author of several academic publications on philosophy and socio-politics, and the winner of several awards. He became known for his role in actively enlisting other Afrikaners to the anti-apartheid cause when he assumed a role in opening the dialogue between the exiled African National Congress and South Africa's Apartheid government in the late 1980s.


Willem Esterhuyse's Professional details

Current Position(s)

Part-time Lecturer | Graduate School of Business | University of Cape Town
Cape Town
Treasurer | Sanlam Demutualisation Trust | Sanlam Limited
Treasurer | Freedom Park Trust
Treasurer | Nations Trust
Non Executive Director | Medi-Clinic Corporation Limited
Part-Time Lecturer | Stellenbosch University
Non Executive Director | Barinor Holdings Limited
Non Executive Director | Plexus

Previous Position(s)

Non Executive Director | Metropolitian Life
Non Executive Director | Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited
Professor | Department of Philosophy | Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch | 1974 - 2002

Other

Columnist | Finansies en Tegniek Weekly | Naspers Limited
South Africa

Other

Columnist | Beeld | Naspers Limited
South Africa

Publishing, Printing and Print Media

Columnist | Die Volksblad | Naspers Limited
South Africa

Publishing, Printing and Print Media

Educational history

Tertiary

Stellenbosch University

Cape Town | Awarded in 2003

Doctor honoris causa

Completed 1964

DPhil

Completed 1958

Master of Arts

Achievements

Awards

National Order of Luthuli | The Presidency | 2003

Professor of the Year | Nyenrode University | 2001

NP van Wyk Louw Medal | 1999

Leon/Fox Community Award | 1988

Stalz prize for Philosophy | 1984

Sunday Times Prize for Political Literature

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Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees

Board Member

Centre for Development and Enterprise

Board Member

The Philosophical Society of Southern Africa

Board Member

South African Academy for Science and Art

Board Member

ArtsCape

Board Member


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