In this episode I chat with Wilhelm Verwoerd, a leading researcher in the field of reconciliation, apology and more recently, “white work” in SA. He was a researcher in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has since dedicated his life to exploring and facilitating forgiveness, apology and reconciliation.
Wilhelm is also the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, who is widely regarded as the architect of apartheid. He experienced this very unique incarnation of being born into a family at the political, social and spiritual center of apartheid, and then he managed to transcend the limitations of his cultural conditioning to become a leader in the field of reconciliation. For me, he provides us with a hopeful example of what white people in SA can do to finally start healing our own trauma as well as all the trauma we’ve caused with our heritage of slavery, colonialism and most recently, apartheid.
Links to some of Wilhelm’s work:
Research Papers
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361301084_Diagnosing_and_dismantling_South_African_whiteness_'white_work'_in_the_Dutch_Reformed_Church
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344199861_Black_Christ_and_Cross-Roads_Jesus_for_white_South_African_Christians
Books
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/285005.Wilhelm_Verwoerd
Learn more about my work:
https://www.odendaalesterhuyse.com/
All content for Both Are True is the property of Odendaal Esterhuyse and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
In this episode I chat with Wilhelm Verwoerd, a leading researcher in the field of reconciliation, apology and more recently, “white work” in SA. He was a researcher in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has since dedicated his life to exploring and facilitating forgiveness, apology and reconciliation.
Wilhelm is also the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, who is widely regarded as the architect of apartheid. He experienced this very unique incarnation of being born into a family at the political, social and spiritual center of apartheid, and then he managed to transcend the limitations of his cultural conditioning to become a leader in the field of reconciliation. For me, he provides us with a hopeful example of what white people in SA can do to finally start healing our own trauma as well as all the trauma we’ve caused with our heritage of slavery, colonialism and most recently, apartheid.
Links to some of Wilhelm’s work:
Research Papers
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361301084_Diagnosing_and_dismantling_South_African_whiteness_'white_work'_in_the_Dutch_Reformed_Church
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344199861_Black_Christ_and_Cross-Roads_Jesus_for_white_South_African_Christians
Books
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/285005.Wilhelm_Verwoerd
Learn more about my work:
https://www.odendaalesterhuyse.com/
I learn that again, spiritual healing practices don’t need to be in opposition to western medical science. Vuyiswa explains how we should keep an open mind and pull wisdom from various healing practices to help us manage challenges like Covid and HIV. We look at the placebo effect as a phenomenon and how it appears in her spiritual practice. I open up to Vuyiswa about my own struggles living in this industrialised, capitalist world and ask her how she manages it.
Both Are True
In this episode I chat with Wilhelm Verwoerd, a leading researcher in the field of reconciliation, apology and more recently, “white work” in SA. He was a researcher in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has since dedicated his life to exploring and facilitating forgiveness, apology and reconciliation.
Wilhelm is also the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, who is widely regarded as the architect of apartheid. He experienced this very unique incarnation of being born into a family at the political, social and spiritual center of apartheid, and then he managed to transcend the limitations of his cultural conditioning to become a leader in the field of reconciliation. For me, he provides us with a hopeful example of what white people in SA can do to finally start healing our own trauma as well as all the trauma we’ve caused with our heritage of slavery, colonialism and most recently, apartheid.
Links to some of Wilhelm’s work:
Research Papers
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361301084_Diagnosing_and_dismantling_South_African_whiteness_'white_work'_in_the_Dutch_Reformed_Church
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344199861_Black_Christ_and_Cross-Roads_Jesus_for_white_South_African_Christians
Books
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/285005.Wilhelm_Verwoerd
Learn more about my work:
https://www.odendaalesterhuyse.com/
