Imtiaz Sooliman – UWC honours Allan Boesak and honorary doctorates
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Honored for their services to humanity and their contribution to
academic excellence. Dr Alan busack and gift of the givers,
founder, Dr emmat Suleiman, also received honorary doctorates from
the university. I'm just so so so happy. I feel inspired, and I look
at the names of the people that are going to get the awards. I
know we're facing many challenges in South Africa, but when you look
at them, you just say, yeah, yeah, we've got wonderful human beings
that do extraordinary things for this country. This year, we wanted
to put the spotlight firmly on the recipients. We want to get up
close and personal and chat to them, have interviews with them
and have a conversation. Dr buck is a notable theologian and author
of number of books. He was also at the forefront of the liberation
struggle during the 1980s and was incarcerated several times during
his fight against apartheid. Busak is also the recipient of about 14
other doctors from universities across the globe. He says it's a
great honor to be recognized by UWC and he
stood in the struggle. I mean, I was here, connected to his
university for over 10 years as chaplain with the students that
was the 1970s to into the 1980s
and I was privileged to be with these students just about every
single day. And the students here were the front groups of the
assault upon apartheid. And I think back now, and I'm still
amazed at the amazing courage that those young people
displayed in the face of one of the most vicious regimes at the
time here, Suleiman, a medical doctor, and found of the gift of
the givers says none of this would have been possible if it weren't
for the effort and support of others. So to me, it's a
recognition collectively of what the organization has achieved, and
the recognition is very, very special, because it's about
service, about human compassion, about giving people hope, about
getting them out of darkness into light. UWC has a proud history of
activism and hopes to inspire future generations.
Joshua, sharock, SABC, news, Cape Town.