Nico Ferreira 28.09.1929 – 16.06.2020

Writer: Gert Claassen.

Nico Ferreira, a pioneer of Small Business Development and Local Economic Development, died peacefully in Hermanus on 16 June at the age of 90.

Born in the Free State town of Odendaalsrus, Nico studied political science at the University of Pretoria. From a very early age he had the belief and vision that unity and social renewal needed to come to South Africa and to Africa, and that he had a role to play.

As a young man, he met and became a life-long friend of Mr PQ Vundla, when he tried to mitigate the conflict during the infamous removal of residents from Sophiatown. A bond was built between these two – the seasoned ANC political and community leader and the young Afrikaner. In years to come they travelled the world together, speaking of the change each had undergone in their quest for a new South Africa.

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