Gert Joubert (born 1948 in Mowbray, Cape Town) is a Namibian businessperson. Joubert was born in South Africa but moved to Namibia during the 1960s. While in university, Joubert was followed as a suspected communist by the secret police of the apartheid regime until he approached the police and explained his support for capitalism. Joubert began his business career as a cattle entrepreneur near Otjiwarongo. In 2000, he ventured into eco-tourism and owns the Erindi Game Reserve near Omaruru in the Erongo Region. [1]
Ismail Joubert, commonly known as Tatamkhulu Afrika, which is Xhosa for Grandfather Africa, was a South African poet and writer. His first novel, Broken Earth was published when he was seventeen, but it was over fifty years until his next publication, a collection of verse entitled Nine Lives.
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia. It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa, Dr. Friedrich von Lindequist. It was designated as Wildschutzgebiet in 1958, and was elevated to the status of a national park in 1967 by an act of parliament of the Republic of South Africa. It spans an area of 22,270 km2 (8,600 sq mi) and gets its name from the large Etosha pan which is almost entirely within the park. The Etosha pan covers 23% of the total area of the National Park. The park is home to hundreds of species of mammals, birds and reptiles, including several threatened and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert, better known as Piet Joubert, was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900. He also served as Vice-President to Paul Kruger from 1881 - 1883. He served in First Boer War, Second Boer War, and the Malaboch War.
Brian Joubert is a French former competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 World champion, a three-time European champion, an eight-time French National champion, and the 2006–07 Grand Prix Final champion. In total, he is a six-time World medalist, a ten-time European medalist, and competed in four Winter Olympics for France.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is an Indian politician and a former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. He was the MLA of Jadavpur constituency for twenty-four years until 13 May 2011, when he was historically defeated by the former Chief Secretary of his own government, Manish Gupta, by 16,684 votes in the 2011 West Bengal election. He is the second West Bengal Chief Minister to lose an election from his own constituency, after Prafulla Chandra Sen in 1967.
John J. Joubert was an American serial killer executed in Nebraska. He had been convicted of the murders of three boys in Maine and Nebraska.
The South African Police (SAP) was the national police force and law enforcement agency in South Africa from 1913 to 1994; it was the de facto police force in the territory of South West Africa (Namibia) from 1939 to 1981. After South Africa's transition to majority rule in 1994, the SAP was reorganised into the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Winfried Nachtwei is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bundestag. His nickname is "Winni".
Pierre Joubert was a South African cricketer for Northerns and the Titans, captaining the Titans between 2008 and 2010.
Marius Jonker is a South African rugby union Television Match Official and former referee. He refereed at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and regularly took charge of Super Rugby and Currie Cup matches. He also acted as a TMO at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
La Couronne is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Chief Hosea Komombumbi Kutako, was an early Namibian nationalist leader and a founder member of Namibia's first nationalist party, the South West African National Union (SWANU).
Rudy Joubert is a South African rugby union coach and a former footballer. He also got a degree on Theology.
Jonathan Joubert is a French-born Luxembourgian football player, who currently plays for F91 Dudelange.
Koora Rajanna is an Indian communist politician. He is the former secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti Andhra Pradesh unit.
The murder of Magdalena Stoffels occurred in Windhoek, Namibia on July 27, 2010.
Guthrie Michael Scott was an Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist, who joined in the defiance of the apartheid system in South Africa in the 1940s - a long struggle for social justice in that country. He was also an early advocate of nuclear disarmament.
Keith Eric Joubert was a South African artist and conservationist, and elder brother of wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Dereck Joubert.
Sadney Urikhob is a Namibian footballer who last played for PSMS Medan in Indonesian Liga 1 and the Namibia national team. He is now free agent after being released by the Indonesian club.
A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi, also known as Burhan Siddiqi, is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat and police officer who served as the 16th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 1998–2000. He has also played active roles in diplomatic and UN missions, having served as the Chief Liaison Officer for UNTAG in Namibia (1989–1990) and the Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh.