On Monday, Heinrich Gerwel will for the first time celebrate his birthday without his beloved father.
Jakes Gerwel, activist, academic and right-hand man to former president Nelson Mandela during the critical years of democratic transition, has died after heart surgery earlier this week.
In the death of Jakes Gerwel, South Africa has lost a man who played a critical role both in transforming an Apartheid-era university and steering the direction of the democratic South Africa.