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Article: Kambule was a great mentor and friend.(News)
- Article from:
- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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ON A chilly Thursday morning, August 20, I, together with a throng of well-wishers and rows of schoolchildren joined the family of Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson Kambule in a procession that saw us transporting his ashes from Orlando High, where he ruled supreme as a disciplinarian headmaster and brilliant maths teacher for many decades, to the nearby Communal Hall to bid him a sad farewell.
Many dignitaries, including former president Thabo Mbeki, who recently wrote a tribute to the man ("Kambule had vision for better SA", The Star, August 21 2008), attended the event.
TW, as he was affectionately known, instilled self-discipline in his students - a trait he ...