Dirkie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jacobus Johannes Uys, better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director, best known for directing the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy and its 1989 sequel The Gods Must Be Crazy II. Uys also directed the 1974 documentary film Animals Are Beautiful People.
Kota or KOTA may refer to:
Petrus Steyn, officially Mamafubedu, is a small farming town between Tweeling and Kroonstad, 35 km north-east of Lindley in the Free State province of South Africa. It is at the centre of an agricultural area known for wheat, maize, sunflower, potato, cattle, hunting, sheep production and forms part of the breadbasket in the Free State. It is the highest town above sea level in the Free State.
Warden is a town situated in the Free State province of South Africa on the N3 highway between Johannesburg and Durban.
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.
Dirk Cornelis "Dirkie" Uys was a Voortrekker hero during the Great Trek.
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 35 competitors, 34 men and 1 woman, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.
Pietersen is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Pietersen is a rare given name. People with the surname Pietersen include:
Lost in the Desert, initially released as Dirkie, is a 1969 South African film written, produced and directed by Jamie Uys under the name of Jamie Hayes. It was filmed in Techniscope and Technicolor. Uys himself plays Anton De Vries, a concert pianist whose 8-year-old son Dirkie is the central character. Dirkie is played by Uys's real-life son Wynand Uys, credited as Dirkie Hayes.
Dirkie Chamberlain is a South African field hockey player.
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.
Dirkie Binneman was a South African cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England. The home ground is located at Holcombe Park, where there is a water-based pitch, a sand-based pitch and a clubhouse. The club was formed in 1999/2000 from a merger of clubs in the area.
The South African Infantry School is within the Army Base in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. The Infantry School, now at Oudtshoorn, was established in November 1953, after a history dating back to the South African Military School in Bloemfontein, established in 1912. It is the Infantry’s “centre of excellence” and offers a number of infantry-specific courses to regulars and Reservists.
Nkosi is a Nguni word for “king”, “chief“ and ”lord”.
Durban Academy High School is a bilingual high school located in Fynnlands, Bluff, Durban.
The Pro is a 2015 South African film directed by Andre Velts for kykNet. It is the first Afrikaans Surf Film to be produced. The film is based on Leon de Villiers book, also titled Die Pro. It was among the most anticipated Afrikaans Films at the Silwerskerm Film Festival alongside films such as Dis ek, Anna.
Orchards Primary School is a primary school in Orchards, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Binneman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: