# Dirk Hermann

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{{Short description|South African labour executive (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Dirk Hermann
| image       = 
| caption     = 
| birth_name  = Dirk Johannes Hermann
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1972|1|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = South Africa
| occupation  = [Trade union](/source/Trade_union)ist, author
| alma_mater  = Heilbron Combined School, North-West University
}}

'''Dirk Johannes Hermann''' (born 13 January 1972) is a South African labour executive. He is chief executive officer of [Solidarity](/source/Solidarity_(South_African_trade_union)), an [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans) union. He has authored four books.

==Personal life==
Hermann is the son of Marthinus Nicolaas Hermann and Moira Crafford. He is a descendant of the [1820 British settler](/source/1820_Settlers) James Herman. Later descendants added a second "n" to the surname. He married Elsha Cornelia Coetzer, with whom he has four daughters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maroelamedia.co.za/debat/meningsvormers/basta-zindzi-ons-voetspore-is-in-afrika | access-date = 11 January 2021|title = Basta! Zindi, Ons voetspore is in Africa|date=18 June 2019|publisher=Maroela Media }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/James-Herman-SV-PROG/6000000022822262152?through=6000000055293015046 | title = James Herman|access-date= 12 January 2021}}</ref>

He studied at [North-West University](/source/North-West_University),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.afrikanergeskiedenis.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VAN-MWU-TOT-SOLIDARITEIT-1.pdf|author = Visser, W. |access-date=15 January 2021|title= Van Mwu Tot Solidariteit – Geskiedenis Van Die Mynwerkersunie, 1902–2002}}</ref> where he earned a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in law, a BA in [labour relations](/source/Industrial_relations), a [Master](/source/Master_of_Arts) in [industrial sociology](/source/industrial_sociology), and published his PhD dissertation on [affirmative action](/source/affirmative_action) in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/1580|access-date= 23 January 2021|title=Regstellende aksie, aliënasie en die nie-aangewese groep}}</ref>

==Career==
Hermann has been a trustee for Tabok trust,<ref>{{cite web |date=2003 |title=Tabok trust(German) |url=http://www.tabok.co.za/Mandaat/Tabok%20Trust%20Feite%20Praktyke%20Mandaat%20Duits.pdf |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> he was a director at Akademia,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ons mense |url=https://akademia.ac.za/ons-mense/ |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> and vice-president of the [convocation](/source/convocation) of North-West University.<ref>{{cite web |title=This is a win-win situation |url=http://www.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/i-media/nwu&uENG042017/win-win-situation.html |access-date=28 January 2021 |publisher=NWU}}</ref> He is chief executive officer for the [Solidarity](/source/Solidarity_(South_African_trade_union)) trade union.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.solidariteit.co.za/dirk-hermann/|access-date= 14 January 2021|publisher= Solidarity| title= Dirk Hermann }}</ref>

==Publications==
* ''The Naked Emperor: Why Affirmative Action Has Failed''<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kMQnAQAAIAAJ |isbn= 9781869191436 |last1= Hermann|first1=Dirk |year  =2007 | publisher=Protea|title=Why affirmative action has failed}}</ref>
* ''Affirmative Tears: Why Representivity Does Not Equal Equality''<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pgKkngEACAAJ  |isbn  =9780987025685  |last1= Hermann|first1=Dirk|year= 2013|publisher=Kraal|title= Why representivity does not equal equality}}</ref>
* ''Basta! Ons voetspore is in Afrika''<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=psXZXwAACAAJ&q=Basta!+Ons+voetspore+is+in+Afrika.|isbn  =9780981400969|last1= Hermann|first1=Dirk|year= 2011|publisher=Kraal|title=Basta! Ons voetspore is in Afrika.}}</ref>
* ''Land of Sorrow: 20 Years of Farm Attacks in South Africa''<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yAVinQEACAAJ  |isbn  =9780981400969|last1= Hermann|first1=Dirk |year= 2011|publisher=Kraal|title=Land of sorrow: 20 years of farm attacks in South Africa }}</ref>

==References==
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