Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He has won one major title, the Masters in 2011. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number six, after finishing in a tie for fourth at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2012.
Charl (Sarel) Arnoldus Cilliers was a Voortrekker leader and a preacher. With Andries Pretorius, he led the Boers to a huge victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. In particular, Cilliers lead the Voortrekkers in a vow which promised that if God would protect them and deliver the enemy into their hands, they would build a church and commemorate the day of their victory as if it were an annual Sabbath day, which their descendants would also be instructed to honour.
The Day of the Vow was a religious public holiday in South Africa. It is an important holiday for Afrikaners, originating from the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838.
The Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) was established during March 1981 from the 141 Battalion of the South African Defence Force (SADF). It was the defence force of Ciskei, a bantustan that was controlled by the apartheid regime of South Africa. The CDF functioned as part of the 21 Battalion based near Lenasia, outside Johannesburg.
Patric Michael Cilliers is a rugby union player who won 6 caps for South Africa in 2012. He has previously played for the Sharks, Lions and Stormers in Super Rugby and has played Currie Cup rugby for the Sharks, Golden Lions and Western Province, in Europe he has played for Premiership Rugby sides Leicester Tigers and London Irish. His position is prop.
Die Hoërskool Menlopark is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Menlo Park in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school learners call themselves as Parkies.
Operation Overload was a military operation by the Rhodesian Army that took place over six weeks starting on 27 July 1974. The operation resulted in the movement of 49,960 people into twenty-one protected villages in the Chiweshe Tribal Trust Land. The people were moved into the protected villages to prevent them from being attacked or killed by the insurgents. Unfortunately the relocation resulted in the deaths of a few of the people being moved most likely due to attempts by the insurgents to prevent the relocation. But despite this unintended and regrettable tragedy the operation was a success due to professionalism of the Rhodesian Security Forces. People in the northern Chiweshe area had been subject to violent political intimidation by ZANLA, and so for the most part moved willingly, but in the southern part of the area, where support for the cadres was a little stronger, a small amount resistance was encountered. The security forces destroyed the old huts after their occupants had moved. "In the short term, benefits seemed substantial," says Cilliers, "as insurgent activities were severely disrupted in Chiweshe for the following six months." The security forces immediately set about a similar operation called Overload Two in the Madziwa Tribal Trust Lands, which met with further success.
Charl Jean Francois Cilliers is a South African author and poet. His published works include "West-falling Light" (1971), "Has Winter No Wisdom" (1979).
Charl Cilliers may refer to:
Operation Uric was a cross-border raid carried out in Mozambique by operatives of the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War, with combat assistance from the South African Air Force. During the operation, which took place from 1 to 7 September 1979, up to 400 Rhodesian and South African military personnel attacked bridges and a major staging point for Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) insurgents in Gaza Province. The battle eventually drew in elements of the Mozambican army and police, who sustained heavy casualties. Along with Operation Miracle, this was one of the largest Rhodesian external operations of the war.
Cilliers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The R546 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Kinross with Vrede via Evander and Standerton.
Raymond Cilliers is a South African gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. His career began in 1993 with his debut album, Gloryland, which reached gold status in South Africa.
Friedrich Paul Cilliers was a South-African philosopher, complexity researcher, and Professor in Complexity and Philosophy at Stellenbosch University. He was known for his contributions in the field of complex systems.
Ronelda Kamfer is an Afrikaans-speaking South African poet.
Jana Cilliers (1950) is an Afrikaans actress. She was born as Johanna Wilhelmina Cilliers. She was married to actor Bill Flynn, who died in 2007. She was married to film director and scriptwriter Regardt van den Bergh in the eighties. They had two daughters, Lika Berning and Leán. Her mother was the famous abstract painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard and her father was Carel Hancke Cilliers.
Charl is an Afrikaans, English, and German masculine given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
Cilliers Brink is a South African politician serving as the Democratic Alliance's Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since 2020. Brink has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2019. He was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between 2019 and 2020 and a member of the mayoral committee of Tshwane between 2016 and 2019.
Nicolaas Vlok Cilliers is a South African former rugby union player. After his playing years, he became a kicking coach.
