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Decoration For Meritorious Services
The Decoration for Meritorious Services was an honour conferred until 1987 by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, usually for political services to the country. The appointments were made by the State President of South Africa. Postnominal letters The conferral of this honour entitles the holder to the use of 'DMS' (or ) after their name. It was superseded by the Order for Meritorious Service in 1986. Since 1 June 1994, this honour is classified as a Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth honour. Design A five-armed gold Maltese cross, displaying a golden protea flower on a blue roundel in the centre of a 5-pointed diamond-studded star, all superimposed on a multi-rayed silver and gold plaque (obverse). It is worn on a neck ribbon. Selected recipients References Civil awards and decorations of South Africa, 050 {{orders-medals-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State President Of South Africa
The State President of the Republic of South Africa () was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country 1960 South African republic referendum, became a republic on 31 May 1961, outside the Commonwealth of Nations, and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be Monarchy of South Africa, Queen of South Africa. The position of Governor-General of South Africa was accordingly abolished. From 1961 to 1984, the post was largely ceremonial. After constitutional reforms enacted in 1983 and taking effect in 1984, the State President became an executive post, and its holder was both head of state and head of government. The State President was appointed by both Houses of the Parliament of South Africa (Senate of South Africa and the House of Assembly of South Africa) meeting jointly in the form of an electoral college for this purpose. The office was abolished in 1994, with the end of Apartheid and the transition to democratic majority rule. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Horwood
Owen Pieter Faure Horwood, (6 December 1916 – 13 September 1998) was a South African economist, politician, leader of the National Party in the province of Natal and Finance Minister 1975 to 1984. He was married to Helen Watt, sister of Janet Smith, the wife of Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia. After matriculating at Paarl Boys’ High School, Horwood studied at the University of Cape Town where he obtained his B.Com degree and a post-graduate diploma in actuarial science. He worked in Cape Town until 1947 when he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Commerce at the University of Cape Town. In 1954, he became an associate professor at that university and in 1956, Professor in Economics at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Salisbury. Horwood was then appointed professor of economics on the Durban campus of the University of Natal, but his conservative, pro-apartheid views were not known to his colleagues or students. In 1965, Horwood became principal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Robberts Swart
Charles Robberts Swart (5 December 1894 – 16 July 1982), nicknamed "Blackie", was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1967. Early life Swart was born on 5 December 1894 on the Morgenzon farm, in the Winburg district, part of the Boer republic of the Orange Free State (which became a British colony in 1902 and a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910).''Current Biography Yearbook'' H. W. Wilson Company, 1960, page 420 He was the third of six children, born to Hermanus Bernardus Swart (1866–1949) and Aletta Catharina Robberts (1871–1927). The Anglo-Boer War ( |
Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff
Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, (5 June 1912 – 4 April 1992) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1974 to 1982. Early life and education Born in Standerton, Transvaal, Rumpff was educated at the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a BA (1933) and LLB (1935). From 1936 to 1938, he was employed by the Department of Justice and then he became clerk of Judge Maritz of the Transvaal Provincial Division. Career In 1938, Rumpff decided to practice as an advocate and joined the Pretoria Bar and also taught part-time in private law at the University of Pretoria. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1951. He was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1951, and served on the court until 1961. He was the Judge President of the court from 1959 to 1961. In 1961, he was one of the judges who acquitted all the defendants in the Treason Trial. In 1961, he was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Player
Ian Cedric Audley Player DMS (15 March 1927 – 30 November 2014) was a South African international conservationist. Ian Player was one of the world's outstanding conservationists and environmental statesmen. He earned his stripes in the rough and tumble era during which Africa's protected areas were being created and tested. With his team, he also pioneered the saving of endangered species when they saved the white rhino from extinction (Operation Rhino). Biography Born in Johannesburg, Player spent his first years in a modest timber and corrugated iron home at the Robinson Deep gold mine. Player’s father Francis Player was a shift boss at the mine; he married Muriel in 1922. Player’s sister Wilma was born in 1934 and Gary Player was born a year later in 1935. Player was educated at St. John's College, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa. At school he excelled at sports, but a serious knee injury prevented him from pursuing them. He instilled a love of sport and ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilgard Muller
Hilgard Muller, (4 May 1914 – 10 July 1985) was a South African politician of the National Party, Mayor of Pretoria in 1953–1955, elected an MP in 1958, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs after the resignation of Eric Louw in 1964. He relinquished both posts in 1977. Studying at the University of Pretoria, he obtained a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford, earning a doctorate in law. Practicing law in Pretoria, he was elected to Pretoria city council in 1951, becoming Mayor of the city two years later. He relinquished his city council seat in 1957, being elected to House of Assembly the following year for Pretoria East. He chose not to run for his seat again in 1961, instead being appointed South African ambassador in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Mitchell
Douglas Harding Mitchell, (February 19, 1939 – July 20, 2022), was a Canadian Football player, executive, and commissioner. A graduate of Colorado College and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Mitchell played three games for the BC Lions in 1960. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from UBC in 1962. Mitchell later became the commissioner of the CFL, serving from 1984 to 1988. He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, was named Sportsman of the Year in 2007 by the Calgary Booster Club and in 2010 was listed by the Globe and Mail as one of the Power 50 of Canadian sports. His professional and community-based achievements were recognized with an appointment to the Order of Canada in 2004 and in 2007 he was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence. He worked at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais, and sat on the CFL Board of Governors. He was married to Lois Mitchell, who was lieutenant governor of Alberta 2015–2020. Doug Mitchell was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Koornhof
Pieter G. J. Koornhof, (2 August 1925 – 12 November 2007) was a South African politician. As an apartheid-era National Party cabinet minister, he held various portfolios in the cabinets of B.J. Vorster and P.W. Botha. He was regarded as one of the most reform‐minded ministers in the government. He later served as South Africa Ambassador to the United States. After the end of apartheid, he joined the African National Congress in 2001. Early life and education Piet Koornhof was born on 2 August 1925 in Leeudoringstad in the Western Transvaal. He studied theology at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his studies at Oxford after being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. His doctoral dissertation focussed on the "inevitable urbanisation" of black people in Africa. Political career After returning to South Africa, he joined the National Party in 1956. He became a researcher for Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister of South Africa, and was appointed director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhardus Petrus Jooste
Gerhardus and its shortened form Hardus are masculine given names of Dutch-language origin. People with those names include: * Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie (AKA Brand Fourie, 19162008), South African youth pastor * Francois Gerhardus Joubert (18271903), Boer general * Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman (born 1995), South African rugby union player * Gerhardus Liebenberg (born 1972), South African cricketer * Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan de Kock (192689), South African banker, sixth Governor of the ABSA Bank * Gerhardus Pienaar (born 1981), South African javelin thrower * Hardus Viljoen (Gerhardus C. Viljoen, born 1989), South African cricketer * Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (18931958), Prime Minister of South Africa 195458 * Johannes Maritz (Johannes Gerhardus Maritz, born 1990), Namibian hurdler See also * Gerardus Mercator Gerardus Mercator (; 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish people, Flemish geographer, cosmographer and Cartography, cartographer. He is most renowned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Johannes Fouché
A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings ( pound sterling). The name of the coin comes from the Latin inscription surrounding the King's head on the obverse of the coin, IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX ("James, by the grace of God, of Britain, France, and Ireland King"). Isaac Newton refers to the coin in a letter to John Locke: '' The Jacobus piece coin'd for 20 shillings is the : part of a pound Troy, and a Carolus 20s piece is of the same weight. But a broad Jacobus (as I find by weighing some of them) is the 38th part of a pound Troy.'' dated September 19, 1698, to |
Casper Hendrik Rautenbach
Casper (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics, earlier CASPer or "CMSENS") is an admissions test developed by Harold Reiter and Kelly Dore. It was made for the McMaster University's Program for Educational Research and Development and has been used by McMaster University Medical School since 2010. The test is intended to examine an applicant's soft skills such as empathy. As of 2025, the test is used as part of the admissions process in 12 Canadian medical schools. Braden MacBeth from Science-Based Medicine ''Science-Based Medicine'' is a website and blog with articles covering issues in science and medicine, especially medical scams and practices. Founded in 2008, it is owned and operated by the New England Skeptical Society, and run by Steve ... has criticized Casper for its lack of transparency. MacBeth believes that it should not be used in the admissions process. The studies used to promote the test are considered to be poor scholarship by ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Diederichs
Nicolaas Johannes "Nico" Diederichs, (17 November 1903 – 21 August 1978) served as the third state president of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. Education and career After completing school, he attended Grey University College between 1921 and 1925 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Dutch & Ethics) and Master of Arts (Philosophy). As an economist, he educated himself overseas at universities in Munich, Cologne, Berlin and Leiden, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Leiden and a D.Litt degree. Resuming a career in South Africa, he became a lecturer and later a professor at the University of the Orange Free State, in Political Science and Philosophy. During the 1930s and 1940s, he became a prominent figure in Afrikaner nationalist circles. He founded the ''Reddingsdaadbond'' organisation to promote the economic wellbeing of Afrikaners. After visiting the country in 1938, Diederichs became a staunch admirer of Nazi Germany. (2009). ''Oxwagon Sentinel: Radical Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
