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List Of Afrikaans Singers
This is a list of notable singers who have performed in the Afrikaans language. Solo artists are alphabetised by their stage name or surname—whichever is more common. Choirs that sing in Afrikaans are also included in the list, but other music groups are listed in the " Music groups" section below. The first major South African singers to record in Afrikaans were Ada Forrest and Annie Visser, in 1908. A * Andriëtte * Anke B * Bok van Blerk * Cristina Boshoff * Piet Botha * Bles Bridges * Liza Brönner C * Arno Carstens * Chris Chameleon * Mimi Coertse D * Kurt Darren * Izak Davel * Al Debbo * Coenie de Villiers * Casper de Vries * Ray Dylan E * Erica Eloff * Jurie Els * Elvis Blue F * Joanna Field * Ada Forrest G * Anton Goosen H *Sonja Herholdt * Steve Hofmeyr J * Hennie Jacobs * Fanie de Jager * Lance James * Watkin Tudor Jones * Arno Jordaan * Theuns Jordaan K * Ada Cherry Kearton (married name of Ada Forrest) * Johannes Kerkorrel * Koos Kombuis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics during the course of the 18th century. Now spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, estimates circa 2010 of the total number of Afrikaans speakers range between 15 and 23 million. Most linguists consider Afrikaans to be a partly creole language. An estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin with adopted words from other languages including German and the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa. Differences with Dutch include a more analytic-type morphology and grammar, and some pronunciations. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. About 13.5% of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izak Davel
Izak Davel (born 1 July 1983 in South Africa) is a South African actor, singer, dancer and male model. He matriculated at the Lady Grey Arts Academy in 2001 after which he proceeded to study dance at the Tshwane University of Technology and finished his studies in 2004. He has participated in many works in theatre and played Scab on the soap opera '' Egoli'' from 2006 until its finale in 2010. He appeared on the third season of Survivor South Africa in 2010 where he became well known for wearing only a red speedo and currently plays Bradley Haines on the SABC 3 soap opera ''Isidingo ''Isidingo'' is a South African soap opera, with dialogue mostly in English and isiXhosa. The series premiered on SABC 3 in July 1998 and was broadcast evenings on SABC 3 from Monday to Friday at 19:00. Until 2001 it was titled ''Isidingo: The ...'' Davel was approached by the music promoter Stephen Stewart, who is known for his marketing and publicity of Rina Hugo, Sonja Herold, Manuel Escorc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennie Jacobs
Hennie Jacobs (born 20 June 1981) is a South African actor, musician, singer, comedian, and songwriter. Early life Hennie Jacobs was born to Francois and Esther Jacobs on 20 June 1981 in Pretoria, the then Transvaal Province, now Gauteng Province of South Africa. Jacobs was raised in Pretoria and is the youngest of three children (he has an older brother and sister). After matriculating from Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria in 1999, he studied at the University of Pretoria towards a BComm (Hotel and Tourism Management) degree. In 2001 he went on to study drama at Technikon Pretoria, now known as Tshwane University of Technology, where he was awarded a Baccalaureus Technologiae in Drama in 2003. Personal life In November 2008 Jacobs and his then fiancée, Marissa Vosloo, fell victim to a carjacking at a petrol station at Paulshof, Gauteng, Paulshof in northern Johannesburg. The hijacker threatened the couple using a 9mm pistol and stole their vehicle. Nobody was injured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theuns Jordaan
Theuns Jordaan (10 January 1971 – 17 November 2021) was a South African singer-songwriter. Biography Jordaan was born on 10 January 1971 on a Karoo farm near Venterstad in the Eastern Cape. While studying industrial psychology at the University of Stellenbosch, he had his first performance on 21 October 1992 at a local bar called ''The Terrace''. He started composing his own lyrics, resulting in five songs of his debut album, ''Vreemde Stad''. Theuns attended Volkskool High School in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. While at school, Std 9 and matric he played music and sang to local patrons at a pizza restaurant/ pub called Trail in. After he completed his studies, Jordaan spent a year as an entrepreneur. In October 1998, he moved from the Cape to Pretoria and, after gaining popularity in the city, recorded his debut album, ''Vreemde Stad'', in Stellenbosch. This album was released in 2000 at the ''Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees'' in Oudtshoorn. EMI released ''Vreemde Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hofmeyr
Steve Hofmeyr (born 29 August 1964) is a South African singer, songwriter, writer, actor and former TV presenter. Personal life Hofmeyr married actress Natasha Sutherland, whom he had met on the set of '' Egoli: Place of Gold'' in 1998. They had two sons. Hofmeyr also has two sons and two daughters by other women. The couple was divorced after reports of numerous affairs dominated Hofmeyr's time in the spotlight in 2008. In December 2008, Hofmeyr allegedly assaulted Esmaré Weideman, editor of ''Huisgenoot'', a popular Afrikaans magazine, by pouring a cup of cold tea over her at the Miss South Africa finals. He was said to have blamed her and two other journalists for his divorce from Sutherland. Weideman subsequently dropped her accusations of assault. On 19 December 2013, Hofmeyr was arrested in Bronkhorstspruit for driving at 169 km/h in an 80 km/h zone and was released on bail of R500. He was subsequently fined R10,000 in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Herholdt
Sonja Herholdt (born 1 December 1952) is a South African singer-songwriter and Afrikaner actress. Personal life Herholdt was born in the small Gauteng mining village of Nigel and at the age of three made her first singing performance at the local community recreation hall, singing the Afrikaans lullaby ''Slaap, my Kindjie''. She attended the Afrikaans-medium Tini Vorster Primary and Hoërskool John Vorster where she became Head Girl in both and followed her theatrical pursuits.Ms Sonja HERHOLDT Who's Who. She later obtained a diploma '''' in Teaching after three years at the |
Anton Goosen
Anton Goosen (born 5 March 1946) is a South African musician and songwriter. He became a pivotal figure in Afrikaans music and is generally regarded as the father of Afrikaans Rock. Early years As a young boy in school, Goosen was not considered 'bright'. At the age of 9, his teachers sought to place him in a class for mentally challenged children as his behaviour became disruptive. When he was 17, a guidance counsellor suggested to Goosen that he abandon his music career. In 1963, Goosen was expelled from boarding school after being caught in a bath playing guitar and smoking. His guitar was confiscated and its case filled with bricks. Despite this, Goosen persevered and formed his high school's first rock band that same year. Goosen attended the Teachers Training College Heidelberg, and qualified in Special Education after which he taught school for awhile, and worked as a writer and reviewer for Beeld, before becoming a full-time song writer. Career Goosen wrote songs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Field
Marion Milner (1900–1998), sometimes known as Marion Blackett-Milner, was a British writer and psychoanalyst. Outside psychotherapeutic circles, she is better known by her pseudonym, Joanna Field, as a pioneer of introspective journaling. Biography Milner was born in Kensington, London, as Nina Marion Blackett, the daughter of Arthur Stuart Blackett, a stockbroker, and his wife, Caroline Frances Maynard. She was the sister of Nobel physicist Patrick Blackett. She studied at University College, London, where she graduated with a 1st Class degree in psychology in 1924. In 1926, Milner began an introspective journey that later became one of her best-known books, ''A Life of One's Own'' (initially published under the name Joanna Field in 1934). This started as a journal in which she would note down times that she felt happy and thoughts going through her head at those times, in an attempt to discover what happiness was; however, her introspection branched out into other areas, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Blue
Jan Adriaan Hoogendyk (born 28 December 1979), known professionally as Elvis Blue, is a South African musician and songwriter. Early life Jan Hoogendyk was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hoogendyk is a self-taught musician, teaching himself to play the guitar at the age of 16. During his adolescent years, he started writing his own music and gained experience as a busker on the streets of Johannesburg. During high school, he played in several bands but chose to broaden his experience overseas, busking in London and Scotland. Musical education Hoogendyk's mother, a classical piano teacher, provided him with exposure to classical music throughout his childhood. When he returned to South Africa, he undertook formal music studies, focusing on piano, guitar, singing and songwriting. Career In 2010, Hoogendyk participated in '' Idols South Africa (season 6).'' He won the competition with 64% of the votes and shared his prize money with runner-up Lloyd Cele. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurie Els
Jurie Els is a South African singer with a great number of albums and singles to his credit. He is owner of Stetson Music. Between 1994 and 2003, he was an artist and music producer with Sony, Johannesburg, South Africa. Els started singing professionally in 1994 after winning the popular South African TV quiz programme ''Noot vir Noot'' in 1991. He wrote the lyrics to hundreds of South African songs recorded by some of the most popular artists including Sonja Herholdt, Rina Hugo, Gé Korsten, Carike Keuzenkamp, Bobby Angel, Robbie Klay, OTH, Joanna Field, Caroline du Preez, Nadine and Patricia Lewis. He has to date 37 CD and DVD releases and total sales of over half a million units. Most of his albums were released on BMB and later Sony BMG. Two of his albums (''Vat-Vat'' and ''Duet met Patricia Lewis'') have gone platinum and five gold as a recording artist. He has also won many awards as music producer and songwriter. Personal life In 2005 Els married the highjump world champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Eloff
Erica Eloff is a South African soprano specializing in opera, lieder and oratorio, currently residing in Linz, Austria. She made her professional debut in the UK during the summer of 2008 at Garsington Opera as Fiordiligi in Mozart's ''Così fan tutte''. She also made her Wigmore Hall debut in their 2008/09 season with the pianisJames Baillieu as Artist and made a critically acclaimed return in their 2009/10 season. Eloff graduated with distinction from the North-West University, Potchefstroom, where she earned multiple prizes and scholarships. She also won numerous singing prizes including the LondoHandel Singing Competition(2008), thUNISA National Singing Competition(2005), th ''degré Honneur'' (2003) in France, and the Singing Category and Overall winner of ATKV Forté (2000) (renameATKV Muziq. In the UK she was also selected bMaking Music as a Philip and Dorothy Green Young Concert Artist. Eloff has been featured on BBC Radio 3's ''In Tune'' and interviewed by Bob Jones for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Dylan
Jacobus Frederick Jersich better known by his stage name Ray Dylan (born in Odendaalsrus, South Africa, on 15 August 1978) is a South African singer who sings in Afrikaans and English. Dylan recorded his debut album ''New Kid In Town'' in 2002, but his breakthrough came with the 2006 Afrikaans album ''Hokaai Stoppie Lorrie'' followed by ''Breek Die Ys'' and the CD / DVD release ''Hier Binne (Klop ´n Boerehart)''. In 2010, he received the SAMA (South African Music Award The South African Music Awards (often simply the SAMAs) are the Recording Industry of South Africa's music industry awards, established in 1995. The ceremony is held annually, usually in late April or May, with the judging process starting in N ...) for the category "Best Country Album of the Year" for his 2009 album ''Goeie Ou Country''. Ray Dylan married Jessica Erasmus in April 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
