South Africa: Prof Lawrence Schlemmer Passes Away

After a short illness, Prof Lawrence Schlemmer (75), died on Wednesday, 26 October 2011, in Constantiaberg clinic, Cape Town.

For over forty years, Lawrie, as he was universally known, was one of South Africa's outstanding social scientists. MarkData MD Tertia van der Walt and director Elsa Thirion-Venter pay tribute.

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