William Smith, hailed for being a maths and science education innovator, has died aged 85.
South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher", William Smith, who has died aged 85.
He received many accolades in his life for innovation in learning, including a national award in 2019 given by President Cyril Ramaphosa for his contribution to "teaching and demystifying mathematics and science". He is hailed for making maths and science education available for free to millions of children through the groundbreaking 1990s TV programme Learning Channel, which he convinced SABC to air.
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