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display: block; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="article-content "> <script async defer src="https://proxy.beyondwords.io/npm/@beyondwords/player@latest/dist/umd.js" onload="new BeyondWords.Player({ target: document.getElementById('player'), widgetTarget: document.getElementById('initial'), projectId: 62, showBottomWidget: false, highlightSections: 'none', clickableSections: 'none', //playbackState: 'playing', sourceId: '617824' }); "> </script> <div id="player"></div> <div id="initial" style="display: none;"></div> <div id="attachment_617676" style="width: 357px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img fetchpriority="high" data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-617676" class=" wp-image-617676" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?resize=347%2C462&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" width="347" height="462" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?w=960&quality=89&ssl=1 960w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?w=360&quality=89&ssl=1 360w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?w=768&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?w=750&quality=89&ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda_1.jpg?w=350&quality=89&ssl=1 350w" sizes="(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px" /><p id="caption-attachment-617676" class="wp-caption-text">Bernard Janse van Rensburg was a defender of human rights and a champion for better public mental health services. (Photo: Supplied)</div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An old brown satchel stuffed “with his whole life” and his silver laptop. These were Bernard Janse van Rensburg’s work tools. To many though they seemed to be the professor of psychiatry’s magic kit of sorts – tools with which he made solutions materialise and just got things done.</span></p><div class="dm_add_wrapper "><div class="ad-control-heading text-center">advertisement</div><div class='dm_add' id='DM-GAM-M-Article-mob-mpu-1' data-unit-sizes="[[300,450],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280],[250,250],['fluid'],[1,1]]" data-unit-name='/5624990/Covid_19/Articles' data-unit-position='mob-mpu-1' style='' data-refresh='true' data-refresh-time='30' data-refresh-max='3' data-unit-target='mobile' ></div><div class="ad-control-link text-center">Don't want to see this? <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ad-control-link__text js-ad-control-link-text explore-more-ad-cont">Remove ads</a></div></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janse van Rensburg died on 23 April at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack. The tributes that have been shared since speak of a man who touched lives profoundly. He earned great respect for the way he committed to his many roles. He stood as a firm defender of human rights and an activist for better public mental health services. All the time he remained “the humble gentle giant with an artistic soul,” to those who knew him best. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Months before the Life Esidimeni tragedy became shameful headline news in 2016, Janse van Rensburg was already raising the alarm bells, seeking legal action against the Gauteng Department of Health’s disastrous decision to cancel its agreement with the private healthcare facilities. This resulted in hundreds of mental health patients falling through the cracks in a blunder that would cost the lives of 144 people. In the aftermath of the subsequent arbitration hearings, Janse Van Rensburg was, however, again on hand to help set up a recovery plan for the province.</span></p><div id="fourth-par-video" style="position: relative; display: block; max-width: 100%;"></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sasha Stevenson, head of SECTION27’s health rights programme that supported patients and families of victims in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, says: “B</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ernard was a fierce activist on the inside with a calm and gentle exterior. He defended patients, even when it was at risk to himself. He recognised the importance of health professional bodies lending their weight to patient advocacy. He was a warm and generous person and will be sorely missed.”</span></p><div id="in-article-action-1"></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the time of his death, Janse van Rensburg was working on a system to lessen the mental health burden on healthcare workers who are at the forefront of fighting Covid-19. He had already for some time been involved with setting up a health workers’ resilience programme at the Wits medical school. Looking for solutions and better ways to address problems was part of his interest in health planning that was cemented from the time he completed his medical training in 1983. He later qualified as a psychiatrist in 1996. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just days before his death he had got his daughter to help him set up the necessary apps so he could personally respond to some of the emails and WhatsApp messages from healthcare workers who were reaching out.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janse van Rensburg was an associate professor at Wits and was head of the psychiatric ward at Helen Joseph Hospital. Among his many roles he was the immediate past president of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (Sasop), the secretary of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) section on religion, spirituality and psychiatry, andthe chair of the South African Medical Association’s academic donors association. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is remembered by his colleagues in the broader medical fields as someone who was not afraid to speak out but also had the ability to bring people together with the purpose of working collaboratively for the benefit of patients. It was his “special powers” they say, of how he could shatter silos, put patient needs first and still show the greatest humility. </span></p><div class="dm_add_wrapper "><div class="ad-control-heading text-center">advertisement</div><div class='dm_add' id='DM-GAM-M-Article-mob-mpu-2' data-unit-sizes="[[300,450],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280],[250,250],['fluid']]" data-unit-name='/5624990/Covid_19/Articles' data-unit-position='mob-mpu-2' style='' data-refresh='true' data-refresh-time='30' data-refresh-max='3' data-unit-target='mobile' ></div><div class="ad-control-link text-center">Don't want to see this? <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ad-control-link__text js-ad-control-link-text explore-more-ad-cont">Remove ads</a></div></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bernard would inevitably always be late for our meetings and the reason would be because he was always coming from another important meeting where he was needed,” says Ugasvaree Subramaney</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, academic head of the Department of Psychiatry at Wits University. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“From the moment I met Bernard 24 years ago when he was my first registrar he struck me as a unique individual with a deep sense of humanity and compassion. He had broad interests, from teaching, research and service delivery. He was a very gentle soul with a big intellect that he shared and he was pivotal in responses to the ombud’s report in the Life Esidimeni tragedy,” she says. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ll always remember how he often finished a conversation with a little bow; a shy smile and that gorgeous hair of his would flop over his face. And you’d get the sense that you were meant to listen to what he had to share,” she says of someone she called her right-hand man in the department. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He was “just always there”, and he was meticulous and pedantic in his work ethic and responsibility to the department. He was not just a colleague, he was work and family, she says.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His passion for what he did, though, made work much more than a regular nine-to-five process. Cassey Chambers, operations director of Sadag (South African Depression and Anxiety Group) says Janse van Rensburg worked with the NGO from when the organisation was set up 26 years ago. Janse van Rensburg was then already committed to community outreach and to bring healthcare and mental health services to the most neglected communities. </span></p><div class="dm_add_wrapper "><div class="ad-control-heading text-center">advertisement</div><div class='dm_add' id='DM-GAM-M-Article-mob-mpu-3' data-unit-sizes="[[300,450],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280],[250,250],['fluid']]" data-unit-name='/5624990/Covid_19/Articles' data-unit-position='mob-mpu-3' style='' data-refresh='true' data-refresh-time='30' data-refresh-max='3' data-unit-target='mobile' ></div><div class="ad-control-link text-center">Don't want to see this? <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ad-control-link__text js-ad-control-link-text explore-more-ad-cont">Remove ads</a></div></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sometimes you’d receive emails from Bernard that came through at 2am or 3am. He worked tirelessly. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We also knew that if we had an emergency case that we could turn to Helen Joseph Hospital because Bernard would not turn anyone away, he would always make a plan,” she says. </span></p><div id="attachment_617678" style="width: 2682px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-617678" class="size-full wp-image-617678" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?resize=720%2C418&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" width="720" height="418" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=2672&quality=89&ssl=1 2672w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=480&quality=89&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=768&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=1000&quality=89&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=1536&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=2048&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=1600&quality=89&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=350&quality=89&ssl=1 350w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=1440&quality=89&ssl=1 1440w, https://i0.wp.com/www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/MC-LEObit-Ufrieda.jpg?w=2160&quality=89&ssl=1 2160w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /><p id="caption-attachment-617678" class="wp-caption-text">Life partners Bernard Janse van Rensburg and his wife Ariane, who is a professor in the Department of Architecture at Wits University. (Photo: Supplied)</div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For his wife, Ariane, who is an associate professor and director of Wits University’s Architecture Programme, their life together has been a true partnership. They shared in each other’s work and jointly built projects that were close to their hearts.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of these was the redesign of the Helen Joseph Psychiatric Unit. Janse van Rensburg was intent on making the unit an example of what could be done with a small budget to improve and upgrade that facility. The pair took it on jointly, only funded with a small grant that Janse van Rensburg had won through a community upliftment award. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bernard was a unique and creative person. He wrote poetry and was a pianist and musician. Actually, we met all those years ago because he wanted to speak to me because he wondered if he shouldn’t have become an architect instead. </span></p><div class="dm_add_wrapper "><div class="ad-control-heading text-center">advertisement</div><div class='dm_add' id='DM-GAM-M-Article-mob-mpu-4' data-unit-sizes="[[300,450],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280],[250,250],['fluid']]" data-unit-name='/5624990/Covid_19/Articles' data-unit-position='mob-mpu-4' style='' data-refresh='true' data-refresh-time='30' data-refresh-max='3' data-unit-target='mobile' ></div><div class="ad-control-link text-center">Don't want to see this? <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="ad-control-link__text js-ad-control-link-text explore-more-ad-cont">Remove ads</a></div></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Over the years we’ve worked together on each other’s projects and it was great fun for us both actually,” Ariane says. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariane says it did frustrate her that her husband exhausted himself being so deeply involved with so many things and working so hard at them all. But she says he divided his time exquisitely too and even though there wasn’t a lot of time it was “very high quality time together”. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bernard had a wider vision of everything. He could see potential, synergies and what could be. He really saw people and he inspired them. When some people were too scared to take on something he’d go ahead and believe in what could happen,” she says. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her “really good-looking guy” was also the man she says who gave her the “lesson of how to be a person” and is the father to their three children, son Briard and daughters LeOui and Renate.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janse van Rensburg saw metaphors in things, Ariane says. He was the kind of person who would bring home beautiful pebbles from walks, and his work and hobbies spilled out in uncontained ardour from his study to fill their home. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’d buy a new salad bowl only to find it filled with pebbles a few days later. We never had salad in those bowls, but I would rather have those pebbles.” </span><b>DM</b></p><p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">* An online memorial service will be held for Professor Bernard Janse van Rensburg via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, 6 May 2020 at 5pm. 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These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_dc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">8 months 26 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_cc_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">8 months 26 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. The data collected include number of visits, average time spent on the website, and the what pages have been loaded. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_kuid_</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by Krux Digital under the domain krxd.net. The cookie stores a unique ID to identify a returning user for the purpose of targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_rxuuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The main purpose of this cookie is targeting, advertesing and effective marketing. This cookie is used to set a unique ID to the visitors, which allow third party advertisers to target the visitors with relevant advertisement up to 1 year.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ANON_ID_old</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie helps to categorise the users interest and to create profiles in terms of resales of targeted marketing. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">bscookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMPRO</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Casalemedia and is used for targeted advertisement purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMPS</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Casalemedia and is used for targeted advertisement purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CMST</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">DSID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 hour</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is setup by doubleclick.net. This cookie is used by Google to make advertising more engaging to users and are stored under doubleclick.net. It contains an encrypted unique ID.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">google_push</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by the Bidswitch. This cookie is used to collect statistical data related to the user website visit such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. This collected information is used to sort out the users based on demographics and geographical locations inorder to serve them with relevant online advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">i</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The purpose of the cookie is not known yet.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The main purpose of this cookie is targeting and advertising. It is used to create a profile of the user's interest and to show relevant ads on their site. This Cookie is set by DoubleClick which is owned by Google.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">IDE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">IDSYNC</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used for advertising purposes.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">KADUSERCOOKIE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by pubmatic.com for identifying the visitors' website or device from which they visit PubMatic's partners' website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">KTPCACOOKIE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by pubmatic.com for the purpose of checking if third-party cookies are enabled on the user's website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ljt_reader</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This is a Lijit Advertising Platform cookie. The cookie is used for recognizing the browser or device when users return to their site or one of their partner's site.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">loc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">mc</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is associated with Quantserve to track anonymously how a user interact with the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">mt_mop</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Stores information about how the user uses the website such as what pages have been loaded and any other advertisement before visiting the website for the purpose of targeted advertisements.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">personalization_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">suid_legacy</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used to collect information on user preference and interactioin with the website campaign content. This cookie is used for promoting events and products by the webiste owners on CRM-campaign-platform.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">TDCPM</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">TDID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">test_cookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">15 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tluid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by the provider AdRoll.This cookie is used to identify the visitor and to serve them with relevant ads by collecting user behaviour from multiple websites.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tuuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">tuuid_lu</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies stores a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, average duration of the visit on the website, pages visited, etc. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisments.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">wfivefivec</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The domain of this cookie is owned by Dataxu. 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