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BiographyIngrid Jonker
… Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural … in the Northern Cape . After her parents’ divorce, Jonker experienced a childhood of…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… On 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker, a South African poet, committed suicide by walking into the sea. Jonker was 31 Years old. The advanced ideas inherent in…
Abraham Jonker (60), Afrikaans novelist, dies.
… Abraham Jonker (60), Afrikaans novelist, dies. …
A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor
… A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor …
BiographySheila Cussons
… published in 1970. It received three prizes ”” the Ingrid Jonker , Eugène Marais and WA Hofmeyr Prizes. In 1983, she …
Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board … Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board …
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker …
Abraham Jonker, Afrikaans novelist, is born in the district of Boshof, Orange Free State.
… Abraham Jonker, Afrikaans novelist, is born in the district of …
Jonker Afrikaner, chief of the Afrikaner tribe of Hottentots, dies in Okahandja, German West Africa. He was born c. 1790 in
… Jonker Afrikaner, chief of the Afrikaner tribe of Hottentots, …
Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa
… Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at …
Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa. He wa
… Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at …
President Nelson Mandela opens his State of the Nation Address to Parliament in Cape Town by quoting from Ingrid Jonker’s poem
… Address to Parliament in Cape Town by quoting from Ingrid Jonker’s poem …
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… Yakhal’inkomo , which went on to win the Ingrid Jonker Prize for debut poetry in English. This early success …
NG Kerk theologian Willie Jonker (77) dies at a Strand retirement home in the Western Cape. He will be remembered for having be
… NG Kerk theologian Willie Jonker (77) dies at a Strand retirement home in the Western …
Ingrid Jonker, SA poet whose poem ‘Die Kind’ was read by President Nelson Mandela during his first opening of parliament, is bo
… Ingrid Jonker, SA poet whose poem ‘Die Kind’ was read by President …
The Jonker diamond, fourth largest stone on record, is cut in three after an intensive study of three months. It was found by
… The Jonker diamond, fourth largest stone on record, is cut in …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… time or another, visited him in South Africa. Frans ‘de jonker’ had become a farmer in the Cape, Adrian had become …
A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994
… Christina Jasson Patricia Jobodwana Gail Johnson Ingrid Jonker Helen Joseph K Eleanor Kasrils Baleka Kgositsile Ellen …
EventSheila Cussons is born
… once and the WA Hofmeyr prize twice, as well as the Ingrid Jonker, Eugene Marais and CNA prizes. She died in 2004. …
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… and Dutch literature. In the 1960s, Brink, Ingrid Jonker and Breyten Breytenbach were part of the Afrikaans …
PlaceGroot Drakenstein
… other farmer was Johan Andriesz nicknamed the bachelor (de Jonker). …
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… comes from a poem by the great South African poet Ingrid Jonker, “The Child that was shot at Langa.” Archbishop …
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… the WA Hofmeyr prize which she won twice and the Ingrid Jonker, Eugene Marais and CNA prizes. Cussons died on 25 …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… the Orlam and Nama as competition for resources grows. Jonker Afrikaner of the Orlam and Oasib of the Nama conclude … equal access to the region and its…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… in the Snow: The Love Letters of André Brink and Ingrid Jonker This collection of intimate letters chronicles the …
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… an African and a citizen of the world. Her name is Ingrid Jonker. She was both a poet and a South African. She was both … what we want to make of our shared…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… floor of a building in New York. 19th July. Poet, Ingrid Jonker, commits suicide by drowning in Cape Town. Publication … Rain Clouds Gather was published…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… the most popular of these is that sometime before 1840 Jonker Afrikaner, a Nama leader, named the area Winterhoek, …
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… an African and a citizen of the world. Her name is Ingrid Jonker. She was both a poet and a South African. She was both … what we want to make of our shared…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… plant bloom and the eye tells you: something has happened. I look at what happened When jails are becoming necessary homes for people Like death comes out of…