My dearest Barry, you were my big brother in every sense of the word. Big in age gap, big in statue, big in influence. Your words of advise were always sage and given from a place of love. I loved the relationship we nurtured over the last few years and will miss our phone calls and visits. I will love you always. Rest in peace my big brother

Barry was one of my best friends for 46 years. He was funny, super-intelligent, very kind and caring and always interesting to be around, in general everything you could wish for in a friend. Virtually every great memory in my 20's and early 30's involved Barry. I lived in Four Winds, a large student house, with him for 5 or 6 years in the late 70's and early 80's.
Later I moved to Durban, but whenever I was in Cape Town, he was always first on my list of people to see.
He was my best man at my first wedding (I was living in the UK when he and Ali got married). So many other tributes here mention how great he was as a lecturer. I knew that from various people who had been his students but unfortunately I never saw him lecture.
When he phoned me to tell me about his diagnosis it was a real punch in the gut. I had always thought of him as my big brother and the concept of losing him was awful. I am so happy that he held on for so much longer than his doctors at first predicted, but that isn't really surprising. While the rest of us in Four Winds were wasting time and slacking around, Barry, on his own, built a 34ft wooden yacht and wrote his Master's thesis. His levels of energy were always impressive.
So goodbye old friend. You enriched my life in so many ways.

Barry, you have been an exceptional teacher that I have had the opportunity to meet among the many who taught me, coming from different continents.

Although economics appears to many more of a theoretical subject, although the most practical in our life, you demystified it to the point that it became one of my best subjects.

This gave me the confidence that later on saw me teaching economics to undergraduates, a mere computer programmer when I met you in the UCT MBA class.

I will never forget your favourite small island with its small activities, among which the barber and his haircut services. You used this to make it so simple and easy digest these very complex concepts of economics revolving around monetary policy, money supply, inflation, interest rate, exchange rate, unemployment...

You had a special way of creating distinctions through situations that immortalize your explanation and therefore generating easy understanding and comprehension of the concept in discussion.

Your favourite mention of Ferrari to draw attention of aspiring rich that most of us were made it more interesting to participate in your classes.

Your focus on macroeconomic analysis and the many models you exposed us to made the subject such an easy grab. Without being an economics major, it became so much interesting that I went on to focus on industrial policy as a pick for my thesis. I have never looked back again.

Thank you for playing your partition so well Barry! We shall miss you forever! Go well Teacher, and may the Almighty Creator grant you eternal peace and rest! May He grant your beloved family the strength and courage to overcome this moment of separation.

Thomas Moffo
UCT MBA 2005 class