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Jan 18, 1946 Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died on 28 Nov 2012 (aged 66)
South African activist and academic
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About Jakes Gerwel
- Jakes Gerwel (18 January 1946 – 28 November 2012) was a South African academic and anti-apartheid activist.
- He served as Director-General of the Presidency when Nelson Mandela was in office.
- In 1999 Gerwel was instrumental in brokering the deal under which Lockerbie bombing suspects were extradited to Scotland.
- Following Mandela's presidency, Gerwel chaired the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, and also took up a number of academic and business positions until his death in November 2012.
