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Van Vuuren
Van Vuuren, (Lit, translation: "from Vuren"), is an Afrikaans surname of Dutch language, Dutch (Germanic) origin. The surname originated from the village ‘Vuren’ in the Netherlands. The surname means beacon or source of light, such as a lighthouse. Many of the modern related surnames can be traced back to Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands. Similar surnames: Van Vuren, Van Buren, Van Vooren, Van Curen, Van Keuren, Van Duren Notable people with the surname include: *Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), Australian blogger *Dave van Vuuren (born 1990), South African singer *Jaco Janse van Vuuren, South African paralympic athlete *Michael van Vuuren (born 1991), South African rugby union player *PW van Vuuren (born 1988), South African rugby union player *Rob van Vuuren (born 1976), South African actor, comedian, and presenter *Rudie van Vuuren (born 1972), Namibian cricketer, physician and conservationist *Steve van Vuuren (born 1959), South African golfer *Wian van Vuuren (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaco Janse Van Vuuren
Jaco Janse van Vuuren is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F37 long jump and javelin events. Jaco first competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in the F34-37 long jump and winning a bronze medal in the F36 javelin. He returned in 2000 but was unable to medal in the javelin but did win a silver in the F37 long jump; he also competed as part of the South African __NOTOC__ South African may relate to: * The nation of South Africa * South African Airways * South African English * South African people * Languages of South Africa * Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the Afric ... 4 × 100 m team. References Paralympic athletes of South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for South Africa Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa Living people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralymp ... [...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] |
Steve Van Vuuren
Stephen Daniel van Vuuren (born 26 September 1959) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Sunshine Tour. He won 7 times on the Sunshine Tour between 1994 and 2007. Van Vuuren was born Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. He currently lives in Mpumalanga. He turned professional in 1981 and joined the Sunshine Tour in 1993. before that he played on the SA Winter Tour, winning the Order of Merit in 1995. His best year by far on the Sunshine Tour was in the 1995-96 season where he won 4 times, finishing 7th on the Order of Merit. Amateur highlights *2nd Transvaal Strokeplay *Northern Transvaal & Eastern Transvaal Junior *Eastern Transvaal & Eagles Representative *Transvaal Under 23 *South African Pro Team Vs Springboks Professional wins (13) Sunshine Tour wins (7) *1994 FNB Pro Series: Botswana Open *1995 Iscor Newcastle Classic, Mmabatho Sun Classic, Sanlam Classic Tournament, FNB Pro Series: Botswana Open *2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour – Schoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Van Vuren
Michael van Vuren (born 3 April 1990) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing with Italian side Rugby Colorno, Colorno, currently competing in Italian Top12, Serie A Elite based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia Romagna. Van Vuren, who is a Rugby union positions#Lock, Lock or Number eight (rugby union), Number eight played for Zebre in the Pro12 of the rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. Career Although born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Van Vuren is eligible to play for the Italy national rugby union team on residency grounds. He made his debut for the Italy A national rugby union team, Emerging Italy team on 8 June 2012 in the 2012 IRB Nations Cup against Russia. Zebre Pro12 Van Vuren, who is a Rugby union positions#Lock, Lock or Number eight (rugby union), Number eight played rugby for Zebre in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. He played 22 matches in the Pro12 and 9 in the Heineken cup. Rugby Mogliano Van Vuren played 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Jansen Van Vuren
Pieter Frederik Jansen van Vuren (born 2 April 1991) is a South African rugby union player for in the Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier .... His regular position is lock. References South African rugby union players Living people 1991 births Rugby union players from Pretoria Rugby union locks Griquas (rugby union) players Griffons (rugby union) players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Golden Lions players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Jansen Van Vuren
Marco Jansen van Vuren (born 14 June 1996 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup. His regular position is scrum-half, but also regularly plays centre and wing Career 2009–14 Jansen van Vuren first earned a provincial call-up at primary school level in 2009, when he was included in the Falcons' Under-13 Craven Week side. In 2012, he was once again selected by the union to play at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition, where he made three appearances. He then played in the premier high school rugby union competition in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week held in Polokwane in 2013, scoring a try in their match against Griquas Country Districts. After the competition, he was included in the 2013 South African Schools squad and he started for them in their 14–13 victory over Wales in Worcester. He again played at the Craven Week in Middelburg in 2014, scoring a try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickus Van Vuuren
Wickus van Vuuren (born 8 March 1989) is a South African cricketer. A left-handed batsman and leg break bowler, he has played first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ... for Boland since the 2010/11 season. ReferencesWickus van Vuuren profileat CricketArchive 1989 births Living people Cricketers from Bloemfontein South African cricketers Boland cricketers {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wian Van Vuuren
Wian van Vuuren (born 31 March 1993) is a Namibian cricketer. Van Vuuren made his first-class debut for the side during the 2009-10 season, against Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only .... He scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 32 runs in the second. At 16 years and 226 days, he was one of the youngest ever players to represent Namibian national team in cricket. External linksWian van Vuurenat Cricinfo 1993 births Living people Cricketers from Windhoek Namibian cricketers {{Namibia-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Van Vuuren
Robert Craig Jansen van Vuuren (born 26 March 1976) is a South African comedian, actor, presenter, theatre maker, and writer. Early life Van Vuuren was born in Port Elizabeth. He completed his matriculation at Maritzburg College before going on to graduate with a degree in Drama from Rhodes University in 1997. During university, he joined the First Physical Theatre Company. Career Van Vuuren began his career in theatre, receiving Vita and Fleur du Cap Theatre Award nominations for his roles in the productions '' Birdy'' and ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' respectively. Forming a comedy and creative duo with Louw Venter, van Vuuren produced and played Twakkie in YouTube videos and later in the SABC2 sketch comedy series ''The Most Amazing Show'' from 2006 to 2007. Venter played Corné. The duo also took these personas on a live tour. During this time, van Vuuren presented ''Crazy Games'', also for SABC2 and starred in the comedy film '' Footskating 101'' as Vince Muldoon. Van Vu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudie Van Vuuren
Rudolf "Rudie" Jansen van Vuuren (born 20 September 1972) is a Namibian physician, conservationist and former sportsman who specialised in both cricket and rugby union. He is also a qualified medical doctor as well as an obstetrician and he has been treating HIV/AIDS patients. He has been at the forefront in fighting against HIV/AIDS in Namibia which is considered as a serious concern in the nation which has an estimated population of around five million. He was a part of the Namibian rugby union squads for the 1999 Rugby World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also played in five matches out of the six matches during Namibia's 2003 Cricket World Cup campaign and opened the bowling in all the five matches he played. He is the first sportsman from any country to feature in both Cricket World Cup and Rugby World Cup. He most notably helped to deliver 70 babies in his clinic in Windhoek all within the space of just eight months between the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2003 Rugby Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
PW Van Vuuren
PW van Vuuren (born 10 January 1988) is a former South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position was hooker. He represented the Cheetahs in both the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup and has also played Varsity Cup rugby for the Shimlas The University of the Free State is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in 1904 as a tertiary se .... He retired from rugby after a serious neck injury in 2012. External links *itsrugby.co.uk profile Living people 1988 births South African rugby union players Rugby union hookers Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent People from Cradock, Eastern Cape Free State Cheetahs players Griffons (rugby union) players Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape {{SouthAf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
