To the US and back: SA’s Prof Willem Hanekom reflects on joys of science and ‘running with opportunities’

Daily Maverick | 13.05.2026 19:34
Attached to a beaded lanyard, Professor Willem Hanekom’s employee badge simply states “staff”. He is wearing a white cotton shirt and jeans. His sparsely decorated office bears one painting of coiled ammonite fossil shells, and moleskin books stacked in a corner.