Jantjes
Jantjes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Conrad Jantjes (born 1980), South African rugby union footballer * Gavin Jantjes (born 1948), South African painter, curator, writer, and lecturer See also *Jantje Jantje is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jantje Friese (born 1977), German film producer and screenwriter *Jantje Hagenou-Bathoorn Jantje is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jantje Friese (born 1977), Ge ...

Gavin Jantjes
Gavin Jantjes (born 1948 in District Six, Cape Town) is a South African painter, curator, writer and lecturer. Life Jantjes attended the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town from 1966 to 1969. He left apartheid South Africa in 1970 on a DAAD scholarship to study at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg between 1970 and 1972. He was a founding member of the German anti-apartheid movement. He was granted political asylum in Germany in 1973. He worked as a consultant visual campaign director for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978 to 1982. In 1979 he published the ''South African Colouring Book'', which consisted of eleven collaged serigraphs exploring apartheid in the format of a child's coloring book. He moved his studio to Wiltshire, England in 1982. In 1986 he was appointed a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, The London Institute. From 1986 to 1990 he was on the council of the Arts Council of Great Britai ...
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Conrad Jantjes
Conrad Alcon Jantjes (born 24 March 1980 in Boksburg, Gauteng) is a South African rugby union footballer who used to play primarily as a fullback for the Springboks in international rugby and the Stormers in Super Rugby. In the domestic Currie Cup he spent six seasons with the Golden Lions before switching to his current team, Western Province. Former Springbok coach Harry Viljoen handed Jantjes his debut against Italy in 2001, but he fell out of favour before forcing his way back into contention during Jake White's reign as the team's coach. He failed to win a place in the 2007 Rugby World Cup but found a new lease of life under Peter de Villiers, playing all South Africa's test matches in 2008. However, despite looking like being South Africa's first choice full back for the 2009 British & Irish Lions series he broke his leg during the 2009 Super 14 season, and was ruled out for over a year until making a return in the 2010 Currie Cup. Jantjes was born in a close-knit fam ...
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