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Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk is a South African politician,academic,lawyer,and apartheid-era intelligence operative. He is also a former MP and Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa,he was the leader of the New National Party from its inception on 8 September 1997 until its dissolution on 9 April 2005. He was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Thabo Mbeki administration after merging his party with the ruling African National Congress (ANC),despite the poor performance of the former in the 2004 General Election.
Christoffel Cornelius Dednam is a badminton player from South Africa. Dednam was the gold medallists at the 2003 All-Africa Games in the mixed doubles event,and in 2007 in the men's doubles event. He competed at the 2004,2008 Olympic Games,and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Dednam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles,losing in the round of 32 to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner Antoinette Uys. They lost to Tsai Chia-Hsin and Cheng Wen-Hsing of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32. At the 2008 Olympics,he played in the men's doubles event with his brother Roelof Dednam,but the duo was defeated by Howard Bach and Khan Bob Malaythong of United States in the first round.
Christoffel is a Dutch and Afrikaans cognate of the masculine given name Christopher. Short forms include Chris,Christie,Kristof,and Stoffel. Christoffel also occurs as a patronymic surname. People with the name include:
Fouriesburg is a small town situated at the junction of the R711 and R26 routes in the eastern Free State,South Africa. It is near the Maluti Mountains and only 10 km from Caledon's Poort border post,which gives access to Lesotho.
Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister,JJ Marquard,with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman,the commandant of the Orange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.
Jacobsdal is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with various crops under irrigation,such as grapes,potatoes,lucerne,and groundnuts. The town was layout in 1859 by Christoffel Jacobs on his farm Kalkfontein,and today houses 3,504 inhabitants.
Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.
The following lists events that happened during 1916 in South Africa.
Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter,was a South African military commander.
Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand was a South African jurist,politician,statesman and first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cape Colony.
Jan Christoffel 'Christo' Steyn is a former South African tennis player. Steyn won two Grand Prix doubles titles during his professional career.
Leeuwenhof is an estate in the Gardens area of Cape Town,South Africa. It is the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape. Leeuwenhof was originally a farmhouse dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company's rule of Cape Town. It includes a Slave Quarters which has been renovated and used to house an exhibition about slavery in Cape Town. It was declared a national heritage site on 15 December 1966.
USS Kirwin (APD-90),ex-DE-229,later LPR-90,was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 and from 1965 to 1969.
Christoffel F. Hendrik Wiese is a South African businessman and former billionaire. His source of wealth is consumer retail.
Christoffel Philippus van der Walt is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a number eight for the Newcastle Falcons in the IPA Greene King Championship,having previously played for theSharks in Super Rugby,Cheetahs in Super Rugby,the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup,Biarritz in the French Pro D2 and Canon Eagles in the Japanese Top League.
Kirwin Reservoir is a reservoir in Phillips County,Kansas,United States. It is located next to the city of Kirwin in northern Kansas. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built it and continues to operate it for the purposes of flood control and area irrigation. The Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge lies on its shores.
Alan Christoffels is a bioinformatics scientist,academic,and an author. He is Professor of Bioinformatics,and the director of the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of the Western Cape. He has been serving as a senior advisor to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Pathogen genomics &Partnerships and DSI/NRF Research Chair in Bioinformatics and Public Health Genomics.
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- ↑ "Kirwin Christoffels". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
