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    Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the fourth oldest town in South Africa...
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    Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (Boer) statesman, a late-arriving member of the Voortrekker movement, and...
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  • Afrikaner figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff: State President of the Orange Free State Louis Botha: former Prime...
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  • student services Nicolaas Bloembergengebouw, named after physicist Nicolaas Bloembergen – science, NMR spectroscopy Robert J. Van de Graafflaboratorium...
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    and the Dutch Reformed Church in Aberdeen, also both in the Presbytery of Graaff-Reinet, were also founded in the year 1855. The other four congregations...
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  • Elliot Fort Beaufort – Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Graaff-Reinet – Cornelis van der Graaff and his wife Hester Reynet Grahamstown – John Graham Humansdorp...
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  • painter Jacobus Golius (1596–1667), Dutch mathematician Jacobus Arnoldus Graaff (1863–1927), South African politician Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911)...
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    the then-ruling National Party, against former United Party leader De Villiers Graaff supported by the New Republic Party, and Vice-Chancellor of the University...
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    oldest congregation in this Synod and was founded in 1846, 54 years after Graaff-Reinet. In the entire NG Church it was the 34th foundation, all of which...
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    in 1930. He was stationed in Montagu from 1906 to 1912 and thereafter in Graaff-Reinet until 1915. He also undertook a journey on behalf of the Dutch Reformed...
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    Arderne, Somerset East Jeremias Frederik Ziervogel , Graaff-Reinet Thomas Nicolaas German Muller, Graaff-Reinet Charles Lennox Stretch, Fort Beaufort Richard...
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    1925, he also became CEO of Royal Dutch Shell. Colijn served as editor of De Standaard from 1922 to 1939. In 1922, Colijn accepted the political leadership...
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  • Hermannsburg Missionary Society on the Morgenzon farm near Rustenburg. At Graaff-Reinet he bought wagons and returned to the Transvaal, where he disposed...
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  • Ryneveld Shadley van Schalkwyk Stiaan van Zyl Kyle Verreynne Dane Vilas De Villiers Graaff Roy Virgin Michael Voss Tayo Walbrugh Peter Walker Martin Walters...
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  • Koos Bekker, businessman, billionaire chairman of Naspers. Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet businessman. Markus Jooste, businessman and the former...
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    Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, Johan van Zyl and Hermanus Barend du Plessis. Colonel Snyman had given the orders. Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock...
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    Marthinus Prinsloo (category People from Graaff-Reinet)
    was born of Nicolaas Frans Prinsloo (1813-1890) and Isabella Johanna Petronella Rautenbach (1819-around 1908) in the district of Graaff-Reinet, South...
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    The Griekwa captain Andries Waterboer dies and is succeeded by his son Nicolaas Waterboer. The Voortrekker Hendrik Potgieter dies and is succeeded by his...
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  • proclaimed: Drakenstein (Paarl), Swartland (Malmesbury), Tulbagh, Swellendam, Graaff-Reinet and Uitenhage. Under the British, new districts were created at George...
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    politician, and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science (1915–2002) De Villiers Graaff, United Party opposition leader (1913–1999) Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, journalist...
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  • Helena. He died in Pretoria on 10 June 2001. He completed his High School at Graaff-Reinet Volkskool. He completed his post school studies at Stellenbosch University...
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    The Hon. Nicolaas de Wet MP...
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    Koos Bekker, businessman, billionaire chairman of Naspers. Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet businessman. Markus Jooste, businessman and the former...
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    Kimberley. Although no formally surveyed boundaries existed, Griqua leader Nicolaas Waterboer claimed the diamond fields were situated on land belonging to...
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  • Chief Justice of South Africa from 1943 to 1950. Watermeyer was born in Graaff-Reinet in 1880. He was educated at Stellenbosch Gymnasium, Bath College...
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    legislature Majority Opposition party United Party Opposition leader De Villiers Graaff History Election(s) 1961 election Legislature term(s) 4 years, 5 months...
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    (b) the prefix "de"(/"der"/"des"/"den") (as in Jared DeVries), (c) a combination of the two "van de ..." (as in Robert J. Van de Graaff), or (d) "ter"/"te"("ten")...
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    State of Goshen, named after the biblical Land of Goshen, was founded by Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius in October 1882 in the neighbouring area called...
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  • Meteorology and Astronomy MPC · 10963 10964 Degraaff 3216 T-1 Willem de Graaff (1923–2004), was a Dutch astronomical researcher and lecturer at Utrecht...
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    ARP Arie de Graaf - PvdA Fred de Graaf - VVD Machiel de Graaf - PVV Thom de Graaf - D66 Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta - CDA Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff -...
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