Besides his creative versatility, Anton Rupert will be remembered as a visionary, a creator of ideas, a product innovator, a philanthropist as well as a leader by the example he set.

The exact cause of his death has not been established, but Dr Rupert has been struggling with his health over the past three or so years.

There is reason to believe that her death was a setback for his health. It was probably the last straw.

He passed away in his sleep at around 11 p.m.. His health had been gradually deteriorating over the past three years. We don't know the exact cause of his death yet.

We're very hopeful that some really good ideas will be put forward,

If you don't go through that trawl of finding out about patents and protecting your ideas, you will come to regret it. I have never been able to protect an idea in 20 years. I have since found out that I probably could have done so. I would be much better off today if I had been able to protect some of my ideas.