Phylicia oppelt biography
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A rare man who stood for all the right things
Jakes Gerwel taught me that I did not have to buy in to a narrow definition of coloured people
ON Monday we were told that Professor Jakes Gerwel had died. It was not true. He was indeed gravely ill after recovering from a heart operation.
On Wednesday morning the news was true. He had passed away.
As I sat drinking my morning coffee in Johannesburg, my thoughts travelled back to Cape Town, my home town. Because it is there that I first heard of Gerwel, when I was still in high school.
It was the days of the United Democratic Front and the stayaways, of young people — children really — being arrested, detained and killed for believing in a different South Africa.
In the midst of the tragic, brave chaos stood Gerwel as the vice-chancellor of the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the “bush university ” the National Party had built for coloureds.
Gerwel believed in the rightness of the Freedom Charter a
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6: What is a woman’s story?
By Lynsey Chutel
Intro
Echoes of Southern African liberation struggles is a podcast that explores sounds, interviews, music, and even noises recorded during the Southern African independence era in Swiss journalism archives. Over five episodes, journalists, artists, and researchers present mixtapes that reconsider archival recordings and reflect on their meanings in the present moment.
The invited collaborator for this episode is Lynsey Chutel, a South African journalist and writer, living in Johannesburg. The title of her mixtape is “What is a woman’s story?”.
Mixtape
What is a woman’s story?
Archival reference no: BAB, TPA.43. 21, 157.
Conversation
Melanie Boehi:
We are recording this conversation with Lynsey in early July, 2024. Lynsey, thanks for making time. I know your schedule is very busy.
Lynsey Chutel:
Oh, thank you. The news Gods are on our side. It's a quiet day.
Melanie Boehi:
In your mixtape, you speak about
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Phylicia Oppelt to edit Sunday Times
Ray Hartley, the out-going editor of Sunday Times, will be taking a two month sabbatical, and on his return will assume a senior position within the Times Media Group.
"As editor of Sunday Times, Ray has been instrumental in restoring the paper's status as South Africa's leading investigative title," said Mike Robertson, managing director of Times Media.
During Hartley's tenure as editor, Sunday Times journalists have won virtually all awards on offer, including the most prestigious Standard Bank Sivukile and Taco Kuiper awards for investigative journalism.
"Under his leadership the newspaper has undertaken some groundbreaking investigations - the awards Sunday Times investigations team has won during the three years of his editorship are testament to that," said Robertson.
Long and impressive career
Oppelt has had a long and impressive career, which includes a fyra year period as a columnist and op-ed editor for Sunday Times