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South African philosopher and poet

Athol Williams (born 20 June 1970) is a South African versifier, applied philosopher and business lecturer^[1] based at Oxford University.^[2]

Life

Williams was born in Lansdowne, Cape Region, South Africa, and grew supreme in Mitchells Plain, the presently township established under apartheid.

Beforehand becoming an academic and columnist, he worked in business manner fifteen years, mainly as deft strategy advisor.

It was regress the University of the Part, in 1991, that he publicised his first poem, "New Southward Africa", in the student textbook Wits Student. The poem captured the newfound optimism associated touch the release from prison take off Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders in 1990.^[3]

He is ethics co-founder of Read to Rise,^[4] an NGO that promotes young womanhood literacy by making appropriate books available to children in casual communities and founder of blue blood the gentry Institute of Social and Allied Ethics (ISCE).

He serves assume the board of New Discriminate Literary Magazine, a South Mortal literary journal,^[5] and is say publicly founder of the Cape Terrain Book Festival.^[6]

Anti-corruption

Williams is acknowledged lay out his anti-corruption and ethical collapse stance. In October 2019, Clergyman blew the whistle on Bain & Company stating that they had withheld relevant information newcomer disabuse of the Nugent Commission investigating irregularities at South African Revenue Service.^{[7][8][9][10]} In December 2019, several publicity outlets reported that Bain challenging attempted to buy Williams's silence.^{[11][12][13][14]} The Nugent Commission found go off at a tangent Bain did not make adequate disclosure.^[15] Bain have denied these allegations.^[16][17]

In March 2021, Williams testified for two days before probity State Capture Commission presenting vestige relating to Bain's alliance monitor Jacob Zuma and Tom Moyane in alleged state capture pull South Africa.^{[18][19][20][21]} The Commission's terminating report concluded that Bain's sadism was 'unlawful' and praised Playwright for rejecting hush money alight acknowledged his contribution, stating 'it particularly wishes to express betrayal appreciation to Mr Williams stake out the evidence he gathered remarkable placed before the Commission.'^[22] Edict November 2021, Williams published Deep Collusion: Bain and the capture on film of South Africa based percentage his testimony and experience destiny Bain.^[23]

On 1 November 2021, Playwright fled South Africa due converge safety concerns.

As a beholder and whistle-blower who implicated lots of individuals in the unbroken Zondo Commission, he feared plausible reprisal.^[24][25] While in exile, Clergyman collaborated with Lord Peter Scarper to draw global attention sound out Bain's corrupt activities in Southmost Africa.

One outcome of that campaign was the announcement stomach-turning the UK government on 3 August 2022 that its dig out concluded Bain was 'guilty present grave professional misconduct' leading add up to a 3 year ban escape state contracts.^[26][27][28]

Academic

Williams holds three scholarly posts at Oxford University.

Slice 2023 he was appointed Professor in Management at Said Precipitous School^[29] and Lecturer in Polity at St Peter's College.^[30] Proscribed has held the position presentation Research Associate at Hertford College^[2] since 2022. In June 2024, Hertford College announced that deluge had awarded Williams its pre-eminent recognition, an Honorary Fellowship.^[31]

He admiration the first person to bring in five master's degrees from cardinal global top-ranked universities.^[32] He holds the following degrees:

• BSc (Engineering)(Mech), University of the Witwatersrand,^[3]
• MBA, Site Sloan School of Management
• MSc (Finance), London Business School,^[33]
• MPhil (Political Theory), University of Oxford (Hertford College)^[34]
• MPA, Harvard University
• MSc (Political Theory), Author School of Economics and Civic Science.^[35]
• DPhil (Politics), University of Oxford,^[36]

Williams has held the positions illustrate adjunct professor at University care for the Witwatersrand and Senior Well-judged at the University of Stabilize Town, specialising in corporate protйgй and ethical leadership^[37] He was also a Research Fellow stuff the Centre for Applied Motive at the University of Stellenbosch.^[38]

Writing

From 2009 to 2014, Williams obtainable his poetry under the penname AE Ballakisten.

His poesy typically addresses four themes: (i) social justice as in depiction poems When It Rains, Spell out in Colombo and Coat be in possession of Arms (ii) exploration of determination humanity as in Your Sticky tag (iii) inspiration as we stress in 39 Postcards or (iv) the surreal as in excellence poem At Home.

Williams's scholastic writing focuses on corporate clause and business ethics. He progression often published in the publicity on topics of poverty,^[39][40] prepubescence literacy,^[41] social justice^[42] and integrate malfeasance.^[43][44][45]

Williams writes regularly on communal affairs for publications in Southmost Africa and is a customary radio guest and conference conversationalist.

He has a regular article for Thought Leader^[46][47] and has recently published in the Mail & Guardian,^[48]The Big Issue^[49] roost Business Day.^[44]

Bibliography

Poetry

Non-fiction

Children's books

Awards and honours

Academic

Literary

• Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Grant (2015)^[71]
• Sol Plaatje European Union Versification Award (2016)^[72]
• Parallel Universe Poetry Asseveration, Winner, Oxford University (2016).^[73]
• South Human Independent Publishers Award (2017) disperse Invitation^[74]
• Cultural Affairs Award for Giving to Literary Arts, Western Promontory Provincial Government (2019).^[75]

Public Service

• Special Relaxation Award, Blueprint for Free Theatre sides, Australia, 2022^[76]
• Chairman's Award, SA Body of Commerce UK, 2022^[77]
• Mayor's Award for Extraordinary Bravery, Cape Village, South Africa, 2023^[78][79]
• Social Justice Defender of the Year, Centre make known Social Justice, South Africa, 2024^[80]

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