Blade Nzimande. File image
NATIONAL NEWS - Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has expressed sadness at the passing of education activist, Graeme Bloch.
Bloch passed away last week Friday at Constantiaberg Hospital in Cape Town.
He succumbed to an uncommon brain disorder affecting movement and control of walking, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), seven years after his diagnosis.
Paying tribute, Nzimande said Bloch was a struggle hero, educationist, and activist.
“He had an illustrious political career and extensively fought against apartheid during his days as a student activist at the University of Cape Town. He fought alongside the poor, the working class and the disenfranchised, among others, challenging the apartheid authorities on their discriminatory education system.
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Shortly before his 21st birthday, Graeme Bloch was banned by the apartheid government. The restrictions meant he could not be with more than one person at a time, travel out of his magisterial district or attend educational institutions.
Throughout the morning of Friday 9 April, messages of condolences poured in on media platforms following the news of the death of democratic struggle stalwart, educationist, and activist Graeme Bloch.
“He passed away early this morning peacefully at Constantiaberg Hospital in Cape Town,” his brother Shaun Bloch said, confirming the news of his death to
Daily Maverick.
Bloch succumbed to an uncommon brain disorder affecting movement and control of walking, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), seven years after his diagnosis.
He had an illustrious political career and extensively fought against apartheid during his days as a student activist at the University of Cape Town.
ANC Mourns The passing of Comrade Graeme Bloch
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The African National Congress (ANC) has learnt with sadness about the passing of Comrade Graeme Bloch, one of the stalwarts and veterans of our movement. His death marks the end of a revolutionary life that was dedicated to the freedom of the people of South Africa. All freedom-loving people of South Africa will sorely miss his dedication to the goal of building a non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa.
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Graeme Bloch, who passed away on Friday.
The ANC said Bloch had contributed to the downfall of apartheid and was an architect of South Africa’s new democracy. The party said his death marked the end of a revolutionary life that was dedicated to the freedom of South Africans.