- IN MEMORIAM: Langa, Pinkie, Jerome and Lucky Klaaste honour Sowetan's founding father of nation-building Dr Klaaste, in whose honour the newspaper named the Aggrey Klaaste Nation Building Foundation. Pic. Mbuzeni Zulu. 10/09/07. © Sowetan.
- The unveiling of Dr Aggrey Klaaste tombstone held at Avalon cemetry.Members of the family salute the late as they bid last farewell. Pic. Mbuzeni Zulu. 10/09/07. © Sowetan.
- GRATEFUL: Angie Makwetla with Sowetan and Sunday World editor-in-chief Thabo Leshilo. 10/09/07. © Sowetan.
- Victor Mecoamere. Pic. Mbuzeni Zulu. 10/09/07. © Sowetan.
- Joe Thloloe. PIc. Mbuzeni Zulu. 10/09/07. © Sowetan.
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l "Aggrey Klaaste was a voice of the voiceless, and was truly a bold man who was not afraid of failure. Above all, he never robbed his generation of any wealth or treasure." - Neville Kgadiete, a family representative.

l "Aggrey Klaaste was a voice of the voiceless, and was truly a bold man who was not afraid of failure. Above all, he never robbed his generation of any wealth or treasure." - Neville Kgadiete, a family representative.

l "I learnt from him the importance of giving, and doing only the best, to and for our people, and especially the youth, who are South Africa's future.

"For all this I thank Aggrey Klaaste's wife, Pinkie, who allowed us, all South Africans, to share her fine husband's life, and memory - for nation-building." - Angie Makwetla, confidante and head of Makwetla and Associates, a public and media relations and events management company.

l "We had a very intimate bond. He did fantastic things with his pen. He was far ahead of his time. He saw beyond. I am proud to have had such a great mentor, friend, and a brother." - Lifelong friend and former Sowetan senior executive, Joe Thloloe.

l "Friendly, hospitable, generous, gentle, caring and compassionate best describe the humanness, volunteering soul and most sacrificial nature of one of my many almost accidental, and incidental mentors and life coaches, one special and singularly unique Dr Aggrey Klaaste." - Sowetan special projects editor Victor Mecoamere.

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