A true renaissance man & national hero: Graeme Bloch remembered Friends and loved ones gathered at St George s Cathedral on Friday for a memorial. A screenshot of anti-apartheid activist Graeme Bloch. Picture: SABC Digital News/YouTube
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CAPE TOWN - Professor Graeme Bloch has been praised for dedicating his life to the struggle for freedom and humbly serving South Africans.
Friends and loved ones gathered at St George s Cathedral on Friday for a memorial.
In his tribute, Lance Bloch revealed the president had offered to give his brother a state funeral, but the family humbly declined because Bloch fought not for recognition for himself but for others.
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Struggle activist and education expert Graeme Bloch has died
Graeme’s brother Lance took to social media on Friday morning to make the announcement.
Graeme was battling a neurodegenerative disease, according to his brother. He passed away this morning with his wife activist, Cheryl Carolus, by his side.
Bloch lectured at the University of the Western Cape for several years. He was a project manager at the Joint Education Trust and an executive member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and NECC (National Eduction Crisis Committee) in the eighties.
In 2009, he also published his book “The Toxic Mix: What s Wrong with South Africa’s Schools and how to Fix it”, in which he tackled the toxic mix of factors that are causing this crisis, taking government and teachers to task for not performing as they should and highlighting the socio-economic challenges that many learners face.
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