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Breytenbach Theatre
The surname Breytenbach originates from Germany. Notable people with the name include: * Anna Breytenbach (born 1968), South African animal activist and public speaker * Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939), South African writer * Coenraad Breytenbach (born 1970), South African rugby union and rugby league footballer * Glynnis Breytenbach (fl. 2014), former prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority * Jan Breytenbach (born 1932), South African Special Forces military officer and author * Joe Breytenbach (born 1983), South African rugby union player * Johan Hendrik Breytenbach (1917-1994), official South African state historian for the Second Boer War * Martin Breytenbach (fl. 2000–2019), South African Anglican bishop * Nadja Breytenbach (born 1995), Namibian model and Miss Namibia 2019 * Pierre Breytenbach Pierre Breytenbach is a South African actor and comic. He is also a voice artist. High school Hoërskool Die Wilgers in Pretoria, Gauteng. Training He obtained a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Breytenbach
Anna Breytenbach (born 16 August 1968) is a South African interspecies communicator, animal activist, conservationist, and public speaker. Biography Early life and career Anna Breytenbach was born on 16 August 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa to Barbara Breytenbach (née Finn) and Johannes Cloete Breytenbach. After having successfully studied Psychology, Marketing and Economics at the University of Cape Town she entered the corporate world. She had a career for 12 years in Human Resources and Information Technology, in both Australia and the USA. Since 2004 Anna Breytenbach has practised as a professional animal communicator. She currently lives in coastal South Africa and conducts safaris on animal communication in South Africa. Interspecies communication In her twenties she decided to pursue her passion for wildlife (big cats in particular) by becoming a cheetah handler at a conservation education project. On moving to America, she explored wolf and other predator conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach (; born 16 September 1939) is a South African writer, poet and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South African government. He is informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. He also holds French citizenship. Biography Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas. His early education was at Hoërskool Hugenote and he later studied fine arts at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. He is the brother of Jan Breytenbach, co-founder of the 1st Reconnaissance Commando of the South African Special Forces against whom he holds strongly opposing political views, and the late Cloete Breytenbach, a widely published war correspondent. His committed political dissent against the ruling National Party and its white supremacist policy of aparth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coenraad Breytenbach
Coenraad Lodewyk Breytenbach (born 10 November 1970) is a South African former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He represented South Africa at rugby league in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup and Russia in rugby union. Background He was born in Middelburg, South Africa. Playing career Breytenbach played rugby union for the Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls and was tipped to eventually play for the South Africa (RU).South Africans hit wrong note ''The Telegraph'', 6 March 2002 Between and |
Glynnis Breytenbach
Glynnis Breytenbach (born 9 August 1960, ) is a former prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA). She is South Africa's Shadow Minister of Justice. In this capacity, she has called for an end to ongoing political interference that has compromised the integrity of the NPA. Her protracted dispute with the NPA over her suspension in 2012 from its Specialised Commercial Crime Unit was covered extensively in the media. In 2017, she published a memoir, ''Rule of Law'', and in 2018 was shortlisted for the National Director of Public Prosecutions post at the NPA, but later withdrew her candidacy. Departure from the NPA In April 2012, acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba suspended Breytenbach from her position as a regional head at the NPA's Specialised Commercial Crime Unit (SCCU), on the basis of a complaint laid by a company called Imperial Crown Trading. Breytenbach has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Breytenbach
Jan Dirk Breytenbach (born 14 July 1932) is a retired career South African Special Forces military officer and author of military books. He is best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first special-forces unit. In his long career, he served in the Suez Crisis, the Biafran War, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. Military career Breytenbach attended the Army Gymnasium in 1950, and was awarded the Sword of Peace in 1953 and joined the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm after serving in the Armoured Corps and saw service in the Suez Crisis in 1956. He rejoined the South African Defence Force in 1961 and soon after completed one of 1 Parachute Battalion's courses. Fritz Loots commissioned him to organise 1 Reconnaissance Commando in 1971. In 1975 Breytenbach led Operation Savannah, the SADF's covert intervention in the Angolan Civil War. The remnants of this group bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Breytenbach
Joe Breytenbach (born 17 November 1983) is a South African rugby union player. He was born in Tzaneen Tzaneen () is a large tropical garden town situated in the Mopani District Municipality of the Limpopo province in South Africa. It is situated in a high rainfall fertile region with tropical and subtropical agriculture taking place in a region. ... and joined the from 2009. In 2011, he joined the for a six-month spell. References South African rugby union players Living people 1983 births Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Limpopo SWD Eagles players Eastern Province Elephants players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Hendrik Breytenbach
Johan Hendrik Breytenbach (1917 – 3 January 1994) was the official South African state historian for the Second Boer War. Book review. Book review. He was employed by the National Archives in Pretoria and studied the Second Boer War since 1940. In 1959 the Minister of Education (South Africa), Minister of Education, Arts and Science appointed Breytenbach state historian for the Second Boer War, supervised by the Department of History of the University of Pretoria. When Breytenbach died in 1994, he had published five volumes of his ''Die Geskiedenis van die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog in Suid-Afrika, 1899–1902'' (in Afrikaans (language), Afrikaans, translated title: The History of the Second War of Independence in South Africa, 1899–1902) between 1969 and 1983, with two further volumes at the planning stage. Using Breytenbach's notes, the State Archives finalised and published Volume 6 posthumously in 1996, concluding with a treatment of the Battle of Bergendal (21-27 August 1900) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
