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Jozua Francois Naudé (20 March 1873 – 28 August 1948) was a South African pastor, school founder and co-founder of the
Afrikaner Broederbond The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) or simply the Broederbond was an exclusively Afrikaner Calvinist and male secret society in South Africa dedicated to the advancement of the Afrikaner people. It was founded by H. J. Klopper, H. W. van der Merw ...
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Roots

Naudé was born on 20 March 1873 in Middelburg Cape Province South Africa. His parents were Jozua Francois Naudé and Louisa van den Berg. He married Adriana Johanna Zondagh van Huyssteen. They had 8 children. He died on 28 August 1948 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.


Education

Naudé studied education at
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...
. After the Anglo Boer War he completed his studies in Theology at Stellenbosch University.


Career

He was a pastor at
Aliwal North Maletswai (previously Aliwal North) is a town in central South Africa on the banks of the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. It is a medium-sized commercial centre in the northernmost part of the Eastern Cape. The Dutch Reformed Church was b ...
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Roodepoort Roodepoort ( ) is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg ...
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and Graaf-Reinet. While pastor he was member of the Council of Churches. He was involved in the Transvaal Synod. He was Secretary of the Transvaal Synod.


Specific events

He was responsible for the founding of the high school called Graaff-Reinet Volkskool. He was the founder of the first Afrikaans primary school in Transvaal on 23 July 1918. The school was called Roodepoort-Noord Skool. On 22 September 1956 the name was changed to Jozua Naudé Primary school.


Afrikaner Broederbond

On 5 June 1918, Naudé and three others namely: Henning Johannes Klopper, Daniel Hendrik Celliers du Plessis, (born 12 Mar 1898) and Hendrik Willem van der Merwe, (born 1891) founded an organization named the ''Afrikaner Broederbond''. (translated it means "Afrikaner Brotherhood") These men were concerned about the poverty of white Afrikaners.


Children

*Hymne Naudé – South African author of novels . She married P. D. F. Weiss. * Beyers Naudé – While in the Anglo Boer War, Naudé met C. F. Beyers with whom he established a friendship. Later he named his son after him. While originally also a member of the Afrikaner Broederbond, Beyers Naudé later left the organization and became an anti-apartheid activist.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naude, Jozua 1873 births 1948 deaths Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa clergy Stellenbosch University alumni People from Middelburg, Eastern Cape Afrikaner Broederbond members