​Political commentator Max du Preez and Judge Albie Sachs will be the keynote speakers at the first Anton Lubowski Memorial Lecture to be held at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Faculty of Law on the 30th anniversary of his death.

This memorial lecture is a first at the university to celebrate the life of the murdered anti-apartheid activist and advocate, Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski (3 February 1952 – 12 September 1989).

•        The event takes place on Thursday, 12 September at 17:30 at the Old Main Building, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch. Light refreshments will be served. 

The lecture was initiated by Charl Adams, a varsity friend and residence roommate of Anton Lubowski, and will be presented by the Law Faculty in collaboration with the Development and Alumni Relations Division, Simonsberg Residence and the Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development.

"It has always been a dream of mine to honour Anton's legacy. I feel he had a raw deal politically and was never properly acknowledged – both in South Africa and in Namibia," he says.

“Anton was a Stellenbosch student in the seventies and a Simonsberg resident, so organising this e​​​​​​vent in collaboration with the university, is just a perfect fit and a dream come true for me," Adams adds.

Adams is a retired editor of the Small Business Labour Bulletin, the book Affirmative Action in a Democratic South Africa (1993, Jutas) and senior officer at the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Liaise with Charl Adams at tel 083 545 9085 or via e-mail at [email protected] for more information.
• More on Anton Lubowski: http://alet.org.za/wp/?page_id=8