Wilhelm Johannes Verwoerd was born on 21 February 1964 and is a South African facilitator and researcher based at Stellenbosch University and a social activist.
11 Facts About Wilhelm Verwoerd
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The grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, known as the architect of the apartheid regime, Verwoerd has disavowed the views with which his family is widely associated and joined the ANC.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd's grandfather was South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd holds an MA in Philosophy from Stellenbosch University in 1989, an Oxford MA automatically awarded after reading for a BA in PPE from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Applied Ethics from the University of Johannesburg.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd's research focuses largely on reconciliation, forgiveness and apology, on which he has written several articles.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd was a researcher in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd worked as a programme co-ordinator and a co-facilitator in Ireland, within the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation's Survivors and former Combatants Programme between 2002 and 2011.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd is a former co-director of Beyond Walls Ltd.
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In 1992, Wilhelm Verwoerd formally joined the ANC, which drew a lot of criticism and threats from militant Afrikaners, given his family roots.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd married Melanie Fourie in 1987, with whom he had two children.
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Wilhelm Verwoerd later married his second wife Sharon, who is Australian.