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Cobus Wessels
Kobus or Cobus is a Dutch and now primarily Afrikaans masculine given name, a short form (hypocorism) of the given name Jacobus. at the database of given names in the Netherlands. People with this name include: * Kobus Brand (born 1994), Namibian cricketer * Cobus de Swardt, South African sociologist * Kobus Jonker, South African paralympic athlete * |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobus Vandenberg
Jacobus "Kobus" Vandenberg (born 17 July 1950, in Hilversum) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Vandenberg represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which was boycotted by several countries, in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Boudewijn Binkhorst as helmsman, Vandenberg took the 6th place in the Star. In the 1988 Olympics in Pusan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, ... Vandenberg made his second Olympic appearance. Again in the Dutch Star this time with Steven Bakker as helmsman. They took 9th place. Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Living people 1950 births Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Sailors at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobus Wiese
Jakobus Johannes Wiese (born 16 May 1964) is a former South African rugby union player who played at lock for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1993 and 1996. He was a specialist number 2 jumper in the lineout, and rampant in the tight loose and loose.(Sports Deck trading card 1994 issue, card no 08) He is married and has two kids. Playing career Provincial Wiese started his South African provincial career with , after which he moved to and finally to , (later renamed the Golden Lions) in what is considered the strongest side ever fielded by the province. The 1993 side won the M-NET Night Series, Percy Frames Trophy, Super 10, Lion Cup and Currie Cup. International Wiese made his debut for the Springboks in the first test against France in 1993, which ended in a 20-all draw. He lost his test place after this, but was part of the touring squads to Australia in 1993, New Zealand in 1994 and Wales and Scotland at the end of 1994, before returning to the test te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
