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Minnaar
Minnaar may refer to: People *Anacadia Minnaar (born 2000), South African rugby sevens player *Charles Minnaar (1882–1916), South African cricketeer *Chase Minnaar (born 1986), South African rugby union player *Dawid Minnaar (born 1956), South African actor *Félicienne Minnaar (born 1989 ), Dutch footballer *Greg Minnaar (born 1981), South African mountain bike racer *Maxie Minnaar (died 2020), Namibian politician *Norman Minnaar (1957–2015), South African cricketer Other uses *Minnaar's Cave, South Africa {{surname Afrikaans-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Minnaar
Greg Minnaar (born 13 November 1981) is a South African World Champion Mountain bike racing, mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. He has won four world championships. Minnaar has the most men's world cup wins, with 23 career victories. Career Greg first began getting noticed as a world class downhill racer at the age of 17, in 1999, racing select UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, World Cups (including one in his home country of South Africa, in Stellenbosch) on a local shop team, aboard a Kona Bicycle Company, Kona Stab Dee-Lux bike with a Marzocchi Monster T. fork. In 2000, he was picked up as a junior by British international team Animal Orange, which used Orange frames (222 for downhill and Ms. Isle for dual slalom) and RockShox suspension. That year Greg podiumed at a World Cup points series race for the first time. The following two years Greg rode for the Global Racing team, aboard similar bikes as the previous years, and on this team, at the age of 19, he won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawid Minnaar
Dawid Minnaar (born 1956), is a South African actor and dramatist. Started his career in theatre in 1980s, Minnaar later made many popular roles in the television serials such as, ''7de Laan'', ''Amalia'' and ''Binnelanders''. Personal life Minnaar was born in 1956 in Upington in the Northern Cape, South Africa as the youngest of 5 siblings. He later grew up on a karakul farm in south-western Namibia. He completed primary education from a school in Bethanie. But he received high school education at Paarl Boys High. After high school life, he had one year compulsory military service. After military service, he graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a B.A degree in drama. Then he graduated with B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town. Career In 1981, he started his professional acting career after joined with then South West African Performing Arts Council (SWAPAC). He worked and lived in Cape Town until 1985 where he got the opportunity to work wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnaar's Cave
Minnaar's Cave, or simply Minnaar, is a palaeontological site located in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, Gauteng province, South Africa. Lost after its discovery in the 1930s, its location was rediscovered in 2009. It is known for its well-preserved jackal skulls, dating to the Plio-Pleistocene at least 2 million years ago. Geography Minnaar's Cave is located about north-northeast of Sterkfontein and from Kromdraai, palaeoarchaeological sites also in the Cradle of Humankind. It covers an area of , making it the smallest known site in the Cradle of Humankind. It is bordered to the south by the Blaauwbank River. The site is dated to the Plio-Pleistocene, about 2 Ma. History Minnaar's Cave area was first used as a lime mine in the early 20th century. A lime-burning kiln from this era is still on the site. There is also a graveyard dating back to the 1920s that is unrelated to the mine. Palaeontologist Robert Broom first explored Minnaar's Cave sometime between 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxie Minnaar
Maxie Meliza Minnaar (died 10 August 2020) was a Namibian politician. She served as the regional councillor for Keetmanshoop Urban in the ǁKaras Region from January 2020 until her death in August 2020. She was a member of the Landless People's Movement party and the party's first regional councillor. Political career Minnaar was a member of the ruling SWAPO and worked for the ǁKaras Region before joining the Landless People's Movement. She was the leader of the party's women command and a member of the party's political action committee. In 2019, incumbent SWAPO regional councillor for Keetmanshoop Urban, Hilma Nicanor, resigned to contest a parliamentary seat in that year's general election. A by-election was promptly called for and Minnaar was fielded as the LPM's candidate. She campaigned on building a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in the region, if elected. Minnaar won the by-election on 15 January 2020 and consequently became the LPM's first regional councillor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Minnaar
Charles William Rorich Minnaar (August 1882 – 16 November 1916) was a South African first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of Stephanus Isaac Minnaar, he was born at Wepener in August 1882. He was educated in Cape Town at the South African College. A keen cricketer, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Western Province against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Cape Town in March 1914. Batting twice in the match, he made two not out scores of 0 and 4, while with the ball he took 5 wickets for 169 runs across both MCC innings'; these included J. W. Hearne, Phil Mead, Johnny Douglas, and Frank Woolley in the MCC first innings, with Woolley being is sole wicket in their second innings. Outside of cricket, Minnaar worked as a civil servant. Minnaar served in the First World War, originally with the South African Mounted Riflemen, before gaining a commission as a second lieutenant in the British Army with the East Lancashire Regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félicienne Minnaar
Félicienne Minnaar (born 31 January 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays for FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E .... References Living people 1989 births Footballers from The Hague Dutch women's footballers 21st-century Dutch sportswomen Netherlands women's youth international footballers Eredivisie (women) players FC Twente (women) players Arsenal W.F.C. players FA Women's National League players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Women's association football defenders {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Minnaar
Norman Minnaar (23 April 1957 – 15 March 2015) was a South African cricketer. He played twenty-two first-class matches for Border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ... between 1982 and 1987. References External links * 1957 births 2015 deaths South African cricketers Border cricketers Cricketers from East London, South Africa 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacadia Minnaar
Anacadia Minnaar (born 4 August 2000) is a South African rugby sevens player. She competed for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ... where they finished in seventh place. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Minnaar, Anacadia Living people 2000 births South Africa international women's rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa 21st-century South African sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Minnaar
Below is a listing of all South African rugby union players that have represented the Blitzbokke since 1993. The "Years" column indicates the years during which each player was active. Tournaments that formed part of the Sevens World Series since its formalisation in 1999 are displayed for the date range of the relevant season. See also * South Africa national rugby sevens team * Rugby World Cup Sevens * Sevens World Series * Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games Rugby sevens has been played at every Commonwealth Games since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rugby sevens was an optional sport that was included for 2002 and 2006; it was then made a 'Core' sport by t ... * Rugby union at the World Games References External links * {{South Africa national rugby union team National rugby sevens teams sevens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |