Sunday, November 14, 2010

Miceala Hunter 22

https://sites.google.com/site/booksforsalesa/home

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bettie Cilliers Barnard 21

Well known South African artist.

http://www.news24.com/Entertainment/SouthAfrica/Well-known-SA-artist-dies-20100916

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Dr Love 20

Lovedale was a mission station and educational institute in the Victoria East division of the Cape Province, South Africa (now in Eastern Cape Province). It lies 1720 feet above sea level on the banks of the Tyhume (Chumie) tributary of the Keiskama river, some 2 miles north of Alice.

Foundation
The station was founded in 1824 by the Glasgow Missionary Society and was named after Dr John Love, one of the leading members of, and at the time secretary to, the society. The site first chosen was in the Ncera valley, but in 1834 the mission buildings were destroyed by natives. On rebuilding, the station was removed somewhat farther north to the banks of the Tyumhe. In 1846 the work at Lovedale was again interrupted, this time by the War of the Axe. On this occasion the buildings were converted into a fort and garrisoned by regular troops. Once more, in 1850, the natives threatened Lovedale and made an attack on the neighbouring Fort Hare, built during the previous war.

Until 1841 the missionaries had devoted themselves almost entirely to evangelistic work; in that year the Lovedale Missionary Institute was founded by Edward Govan, who, save for brief intervals, continued at its head until 1870. He was then succeeded by the Rev. James Stewart (1831-1905), who had joined the mission in 1867, having previously (1861-1863), and partly in company with David Livingstone, explored the Zambezi regions.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Jemmy Squaretoes 19

The title of the book is wrong: the correct title is SOUTH Africa A planned tour by AW Wells 1939. On p248 is George Russel's description of the public hanging of "a Hottentot woman named Flatta and three natives" for the murder of Jemmy Squaretoes in Durban in the 1850's.

http://books.google.co.za/books?id=LDfXTZsQvwsC&pg=PA378&lpg=PA378&dq=%22jemmy+Squaretoes%22&source=bl&ots=jMfctKMSb5&sig=K9uCmu1iSPj_h8F04mnFnrXafuw&hl=en&ei=NGukS6yUO4H0-QbptaXgBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jemmy%20Squaretoes%22&f=false

The intention of Byrne's scheme was to settle immigrants in rural areas, e.g. Richmond and the Byrne valley near Pietermaritzburg. John Clark was entitled to an allocation of eighty acres of land in the Richmond District, but did not claim those rights: eventually, in 1863, he transferred the property to a David Taylor.8 Instead, John settled in Durban, and by 1852 he was established as a carpenter, wheelwright and wagonmaker at premises at "5 Block E Pine Terrace" - now known as Pine Street.9 His brother in law, Thomas Cooper, carried on the business of a joiner, cabinetmaker, and carpenter at the same address. A note found in the Killie Campbell Museum states, that "Mr. John Clark it was who put up the first gallows for the hanging of Jimmy (sic) Squaretoes".10 The note is obviously not entirely accurate, since Squaretoes was the victim, not the perpetrator, of the murder. However since the hanging of Jemmy Squaretoes' five murderers was indeed the first in Durban, and the gallows used were therefore the first to be constructed in the town, the note is probably correct in all other respects. A description of the circumstances surrounding the murder, and of the hanging, appears in George Russell's "A History of Durban", but no mention is made of the identity of the constructor of the gallows.11 The editions of "The Natal Mercury" which reported the trial and the hanging make no mention of the carpenter's identity either! In view of the number of Clark offspring, albeit the offspring of his brother William, who subsequently became involved in the legal profession in Durban, the early involvement of a Clark in the administration of justice might perhaps be regarded as something of an omen!

http://www.theclarksofclarkroad.com/papers_book9.html


THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN DETECTIVES - HATTERSLEY, Alan F... Durban's First Policeman; The Jemmy Squaretoes Muder; The First Detective Department, etc. Index. Hardcover First Edition 1960 Cape Town Howard Timmins.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Claire Emary 18

http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_It_Straight_and_Simple_Party

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Alexander Selkirk 17




Robinson Crusoe.

Tippoo Tib 16

Tippu Tip or Tib (1837 - June 14, 1905), real name Hamad bin Muḥammad bin Jumah bin Rajab bin Muḥammad bin Sa‘īd al-Murgabī, was a Swahili-Zanzibari trader, notorious slaver, plantation owner and governor. Working for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar, he led many trading expeditions into east-central Africa, sometimes involving the slave trade and ivory. He constructed profitable trading posts that reached deep into Central Africa.

"It is said that even the notorious slave-dealer Tippoo Tib paid him deference and suspended his operations whenever Livingstone was in his neighbourhood. (South Africa, A.W Wells, 1939, p112)

Friday, March 5, 2010

Bill Mentoor: 15

Not one of the cases that the
Truth Commission listened to in
Queenstown gave any indication of the
unusual extent of the horror in the town.
Queenstown
is unique. It is known
as the Necklace Capital of the World. In
August 1985 the first person to be necklaced,
Bill Mentoor, was killed because
he ignored a consumer boycott instigated
by the ANC Youth League. It is
thought that 39 necklace murders took
place here over the next four years —
more than nine a year, almost one a
month…while in the great majority of
South African towns such a thing never
happened.
Nozibele Madubedube testifies on two
murders in her family. Later I run into
her in one of the side rooms of the
Q u e e n s t o w n
City Hall, crying.
‘The Truth
C o m m i s s i o n
treated me like
dirt.
Commissioner
Bongani Finca
kept on asking:
“But didn’t you
know that the people
were against
councillors?” So? Is he
saying we deserved to be
necklaced?
The big woman in the navy
cardigan then tells me her story:
‘My sister Lungelwa came home specially
from Johannesburg for her birthday.
She would have turned eighteen.
‘That morning the comrades surrounded
the house. They were singing:
“Let the impimpi die”…They shouted:
“If Lungelwa does not come out, the
house will burn”…I went out with
Lungelwa…they grabbed her…I cried
out, but they immediately closed
around her. I could not see her…I
could only hear her cries…
‘I ran to the police…They told me
afterwards…Lungelwa burnt in a different
way to anyone else…they poured
petrol over her, they put a tyre around
her neck… “We will make you pretty,”
they said, “necklace upon necklace…And
perfume?” And they poured petrol on the
tyre. They also told her to drink the
petrol, for the flames to have a shiny
path…Then they called: “Time for
sparks!” Then they threw matches…
‘They say Lungelwa, whose hands
and feet were still tied with wire, kept
lying down until she caught fire and
everybody had to stand away from the
roaring flames.
They say Lungelwa suddenly became
stronger than a man…stronger than an
animal — and she was young! — she
sat up on the ground…her arms and
legs broke loose from the wire…the
tyre around her chest she pulled off
with a powerful gesture and hurled it
into the crowd. “Never, never again will
you burn anyone like this!” she
screamed and ran to a sand gully
where she rolled and rolled until the
flames on her body were extinguished…
‘She died the next day in the hospital
in Queenstown.’

Monday, February 15, 2010

Anton Rupert: 14

Anton Rupert

Anton Rupert, as pictured on his biography
Born October 4, 1916(1916-10-04)

Died January 18, 2006 (aged 89)
Stellenbosch
Occupation Entrepreneur, Businessman, Conservationist
Net worth US$ 2.3 billion [1]
Spouse(s) Huberte

Dr. Anthony Edward Rupert (4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) was an Afrikaner South African billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist. He was born and raised in the small town of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. He studied in Pretoria and ultimately moved to Stellenbosch, where he established the Rembrandt Group [2] was formed and where it still has its headquarters. He died in his sleep at his home in Thibault Street, Stellenbosch at the age of 89, and is survived by a son Johann, a daughter Hanneli[3] and six grandchildren. His wife and his youngest son, Anthonij, pre-deceased him.

According to his biography, Rupert's business career spanned over sixty years. He started his global empire with a personal investment of just ₤10 in 1941 becoming named on the Forbes list of 500 wealthiest families worldwide. At the time of his death his assets were estimated at $1.7 billion.

After dropping out of medical school due to a lack of funds, Rupert earned a chemistry degree at the University of Pretoria, where he also lectured for a short while. Subsequently, he started a dry-cleaning business.

Some time later, with an initial investment of GBP 10 and together with two fellow investors, he started manufacturing cigarettes in his garage, which he eventually built into the tobacco and industrial conglomerate Rembrandt Group, overseeing its transition to the industrial and luxury branded goods sectors, with Rembrandt eventually splitting into Remgro (an investment company with financial, mining and industrial interests) and Richemont (a Swiss-based luxury goods group). Currently, this business empire encompasses hundreds of companies located in 35 countries on six continents, with combined yearly net sales in the region of USD 10 billion.

Rupert had also been deeply involved in environmental conservation and his companies have been prominent in funding the fine arts; since 1964 foundations established by Rembrandt have used a part of the group's profits for the promotion of education, art, music and the preservation of historical buildings.

He also played an important role in the South African Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC), a non-profit company whose loans to small and medium-sized businesses have created nearly half a million jobs since 1981. Being openly critical of the apartheid system during that era, both at home and abroad, he has recently been quoted by President Thabo Mbeki as the man who called upon the Apartheid leadership to "do something brave" and create partnership with the black majority in the '80s.

In 2004, he was voted 28th in the Top 100 Great South Africans.

[edit] Business career
Rupert established the tobacco company "Voorbrand" in the 1940s. He soon renamed it Rembrandt Ltd., whose overseas tobacco interests were consolidated into Rothmans in 1972.

In 1988, the Rembrandt group founded the Swiss luxury goods company, Richemont, which in turn acquired Rembrandt's shares in Rothmans. Richemont also owns such luxury brands as Cartier (jewellery); Alfred Dunhill and Sulka (designer clothing); Seeger (leather bags); Piaget, Baume & Mercier and Vacheron Constantin (Swiss watches) and Montblanc (writing instruments).

In 1995, Rembrandt and Richemont consolidated their respective tobacco interests into Rothmans International, which was at the time the world's fourth largest cigarette manufacturer.

In 1999, Rothmans International merged with British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second largest cigarette producer. Remgro held 10% and Richemont held 18.6% of BAT before unbundling.

Rupert's eldest son, Johann Rupert, is now the CEO of Richemont and chairman of Remgro.

The Rupert family is also deeply involved in the South African wine and liquor industry, owning the L'ormarins and La Motte Wine Estates and having a stake in Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons, the wine-making partnership between the Rupert and Rothschild families (at the time of his death due to a car crash in 2001, Rupert's youngest son, Anthonij [4], was head of Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons.)

The Ruperts also partially control two of South Africa's largest wine merchant houses, Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery (SFW) and Distillers Corporation, who together produce one of every six bottles of wine in South Africa and nearly eighty percent of the country's brandy. These two companies have merged to form Distell.

Among other interests, the Rupert Group also owns South Africa's second-largest chain of private hospitals, the Medi-Clinic Corporation, with 5,500 beds.

[edit] Involvement in Conservation
Rupert was a founding member of the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and it was in his role as the president of the organisation's South African branch that he took a lead in the creation of trans-frontier parks (also known as trans-frontier conservation areas (TFCAs) or "peace parks"), such as the Lubombo trans-frontier conservation area. He also established the 1001 Club: A Nature Trust in 1970 to fund the organisation.

With an initial grant of 1.2 million Rand (US$ 260,000) from the Rupert Nature Foundation, the Peace Parks Foundation was established on 1 February 1997 in order to facilitate the establishment of TFCAs in southern Africa. Nelson Mandela, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Anton Rupert were the founding patrons of the Peace Parks Foundation.

Monday, January 25, 2010

NJ van der Merwe - Afrikaner leader: 13

NJ VAN DER MERWE: KULTUURLEIER EN POLITIEKE KROONPRINS VAN DIE
DERTIGERJARE
Kultuur ‘n wapen teen armoede
Prof PJ Strauss, Hoofleier Die Voortrekkers

http://www.voortrekkers.org.za/Sake_van_die_dag/NJ_vd_Merwe_en_armoede_onder_Afrikaners.pdf

Sy doktorale proefskrif in die Nuwe Testament wat hy in 1921 aan die Vrye Universiteit in Amsterdam –
die universiteit wat in 1880 gestig word deur Abraham Kuyper (Gaum et al 208:1177) – voltooi, handel
juis oor die sosiale prediking van Jesus Christus. Hierin kom hy tot die slotsom dat geldelike rykdom nie
inherent kwaad is nie en dat armoede nie die “weg tot saligheid” “sondermeer open nie”. Jesus
verwerp absolute privaatbesit omdat dit God alleen toekom en die mens slegs ‘n rentmeester in Sy
skepping is. Die kerk se armsorg moet nie tot die huisgenote van die geloof beperk word nie, maar deel
wees van die opbou van die maatskaplike gebou. “Klassestryd en magsformasie met die doel om
geweldadig persoonlike reg te verkry”, is nie die werking van die Christelike suurdeeg in die
maatskappy nie (1921:172-174). Interessant genoeg praat hy hierin deurgaans van die “maatskappy”
en nie die “volkslewe” nie.