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Eusebius McKaiser fondly remembered at funeral service
The media industry, family and friends have come together to say goodbye to Eusebius McKaiser who was laid to rest in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape.
MAKHANDA - Author and broadcaster Eusebius Mckaiser is being remembered in Makhanda.
Family and friends have gathered to bid their final farewells.
His brother Aidan Stevens said he was soft-spoken and good-hearted.
"I remember one time I was in high school, we had an assignment that I had to do, he was still in primary school.
"Then I asked him to write me a letter, it was for this yearly points, Afrikaans, and he wrote it so well, the marks that I received were very good actually, to my surprise, but I didn't tell him otherwise," he said.
The chair of his alma mater's council described Mckaiser as the embodiment of the spirit of Rhodes University.
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Gerald Bloem says Mckaiser was committed to advancing the public good.
"He was an embodiment of the Rhodes University spirit, robust, engaging and will a well cart sense of intersectionality.
"He stood for social justice and equality, his stance against racism was unequivocal and unmistakeable."