Coded History

For the first time, Barry Dwolatzky shares stories about his life in Apartheid South Africa, his experiences living in Britain in the 1980s and the mission that brought him back to South Africa and Wits University.

After being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia, Barry Dwolatzky left Britain and returned to South Africa in 1989 after living in self-imposed exile.  With this fresh chapter of his life, he took an appointment at Wits University and went on to dedicate three decades of his life to educating future generations of software engineers and working professionals.

But what brought him back to his homeland in 1989, and inspired him to achieve these accolades? What made him want to contribute to such significant events?