Williams, John J.2015-12-222015-12-222012Williams, John, J., (2012). Gerwel taught us that theory without application is useless. Cape Times, 03 December: 8http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2035This tribute to Prof Gerwel has been triggered by a picture on p 2 of the Cape Times, 29 Nov 2012, of a group of students, he addressed in 1977 [not 1973] as I was reading for my Honours degree in Geography. As students we admired him deeply for his seemingly effortless ability to apply profound theoretical insights to the existential reality of apartheid and its nefarious effects on society as a whole. He usually addressed us during lunch-hour, in the Science Block. Every student leader of the different student organizations on campus was usually there, even the deeply- spiritual students, like myself [I headed the Anglican Student Society of Southern Africa [ANSOC/ASF] in the Western Cape, at UWC, US and UCT.enThis is an author version of an editorial published in the Cape times newspaper on 03 December 2012.University of the Western CapeProfessor Jakes GerwelCape TimesEditorialArticle