The Rupert family is a family from
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
Anton Rupert
Anthony Edward Rupert (4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) was a South African businessman, philanthropist, and conservationist.
He was born and raised in the small town of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. He studied in Pretoria and ultimat ...
(4 October 1916 – 18 January 2006) and his wife
Huberte Rupert (3 December 1919 – 28 October 2005) moved to a home in Thibault Street on the northern banks of the
Eerste River
The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Ho ...
in the 1950s. His two brothers, Jan and Koos, with their respective wives Ina and
Rona also settled in Thibault Street a few years after their arrival.
Anton and Huberte had three children:
Johann
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...
,
Antonij and
Hanneli. The boys attended
Paul Roos Gymnasium
Paul Roos Gymnasium is a public, dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, and opened on the 1st of March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. It is the 12th oldest school in the c ...
, while
Hanneli went to
Bloemhof High School
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof is a public Afrikaans medium high school for girls, located in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
History
It was established in 1875 as an English girls' school. In 1903 three houses were acq ...
. In the early years Huberte would deliver the children to school and perform secretarial duties at the
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...
office which was situated in Bird Street.
The Rupert family was listed as 272nd on the
list of the 500 wealthiest worldwide, with a net worth of
$2.3 billion, in March 2005. In June 2020, the family was ranked as the 375th on ''Forbes'' "Billionaires 2020" list, with a fortune of $5.2 billion.
Anton and Huberte were considered
philanthropist
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
s, supporting a number of projects for the preservation of the arts. In 2020, the Rupert Family donated the sum of
ZAR1 billion towards the Sukuma Relief Fund
in South Africa to assist small and medium businesses across the country that are affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had conf ...
and resultant
state-ordered lock-down.
References
South African families
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