The late Professor Solomon Johannes ”Sampie” Terreblanche has been remembered as a courageous and larger than life intellectual at a memorial service held for him at Stellenbosch University. The 84-year-old economist, anti-apartheid activist and author passed away from brain cancer.
Family, friends and colleagues gathered in Stellenbosch to celebrate a life well-lived. Terreblanche spent many years researching and writing about poverty and inequality in South Africa.
His former students say he was a huge inspiration in the classroom and beyond. Sampie did not shy away from publicly disagreeing with politicians, both in the old and new dispensation in South Africa.
He ended his membership in the National Party in 1987 and became one of its strongest critics. His peers say he is one of the most celebrated public intellectuals ever produced in the country.
The Terreblanche family say he will always be missed. Terreblanche leaves behind his wife and five children. He was cremated in a private ceremony. Click below for more on the story:
