Friday 30 November 2012

Death of Jakes Gerwel

I am saddened to learn of the death on Wednesday of Jakes Gerwel who, as director-general of Nelson Mandela’s Presidential Office in South Africa from 1994 to 1999, played an important part in brokering the arrangements that led to the surrender of Abdelbaset Megrahi and Lamin Fhima for trial at the Scottish Court in the Netherlands. Obituaries can be read here and here. An earlier reference to Professor Gerwel on this blog can be found here.

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  1. MISSION LOCKERBIE, 2012 > coming - 24 anniversary of the Lockerbie tragedy

    Which OFFICIAL have afraid before the truth ?

    The informatieve documentary film "Lockerbie revisited" by Regisseur Gideon Levy on the website from Tegenlicht on VPRO, Nederland 2 is again blocked...

    http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/2008-2009/lockerbie-revisited.html

    Please go over alternate link-- via New York festivals: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/tvf2011winners/pieces.php?iid=412747&pid=1

    by Edwin and Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd Telecommunication, Switzerland URL: www.lockerbie.ch

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