Memorial Lectures

September 2002

The Trust was able to hold the First Memorial Lecture honouring Harold Wolpe's contribution to South Africa through Prof. Jakes Gerwel, who was rector of the University of the Western Cape.

He served as the highest level of civil servant with the first Democratic South African Government: he was Director General to President Nelson Mandela. Prof Gerwel gave the First Memorial Lecture in the Old Assembly Hall at Parliament. The following is the text of his lecture.

"Inaugural memorial lecture"
Presenter: Jakes Gerwel
Transcript of talk and discussion


"From liberation to reconstruction: Theory and practice in the life of Harold Wolpe"
Presenter: Michael Burawoy.
Transcript of talk and discussion

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