Remembering Steven Gruzd: From Scrabble prodigy to African diplomacy titan

Daily Maverick
30 Mar 2026

In this Daily Maverick tribute to the late Steven Gruzd, Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA, our chief executive Elizabeth Sidiropoulos notes that his professional legacy will be his unwavering dedication to the APRM, a field in which he was considered a global authority.

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