# Well-known academic and journalist, professor Wilhelm Jordaan, passed away over the weekend at the age of 82. He wrote weekly columns for the Beeld for over 30-years and later for its sister publications, Die Burger and Volksblad. Jordaan was the author and co-author of about 15 academic books and 30 psychology articles. One of these books is Sondesemoer, which is a collection of his popular weekly columns that appeared in Beeld. In 2003, he was appointed as an extraordinary professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Academic and journalist professor Wilhelm Jordaan has passed away