My heartfelt condolences to Dr. Van Zyl's family. May God guide you and grace you with the courage and strength during these most trying of times. So many great and beautiful tributes to a legend of a proudly South African Dr. All I can say is that there was always such an aura about Dr. Van Zyl. Everybody knew when he was around. He generated such enthusiasm, optimism and vision in his special, gentle and simple way. I will always remember Dr. Van Zyl for his beautiful sense of fairness and respect for all, irrespective of one's status. He always had the most amazing virtue of truth, integrity of thought, emotion and action. I think Dr. would prefer I use the word Ubuntu. Having the respect, love and to cherish nature amplifies how much Dr. Van Zyl thought of the Universe. As Madiba would say " it is in our hands now" hence we must honour Dr's amazing legacy. We must respect everyone and all of God's creation. We must encourage cohesion for the upliftment of our communities and for a proudly better South Africa. Dr. will be proud if we could achieve this. May your soul rest in eternal peace Dr. Johan van Zyl. Rodney Reddy TSAM.