Sunday, December 18, 2005
Reinhard vra, "Wie is die grootste een"
Haai daar,
Dis my eerste bydrae op hierdie webtuiste en ek sou graag jul menings wil weet. ’n Paar dae gelede het ek op ’n baie interessante lys neergekom wat die beroemdste of belangrykste mense van Suid-Afrika behels en deur SABC bekend gestel is. Derduisende mense het met foonoproepe, vonkposbriewe ens. deelgeneem, om hierdie „Wie is wie“ tot stand te bring. Die idee kom oorspronklik van Britanje af en is ook in ander lande nageboots. In Duitsland het die eerste kanselier van Wesduitsland die meeste stemme ingepalm, twede was Martin Luther. Die SA-rangskikking is maar baie merkwaardig, omstrede en het glo groot lawaai versoorsaak. Maar hierdie lys van name wys net die verdeeldheid en verskeidenheid van die SA-samelewing. Die naamlys is uit Wikipedia ontneem.
- Nelson Mandela, first president of democratic South Africa and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner (1918 - )
- Christiaan Barnard, pioneering heart surgeon (1922 - 2001)
- F.W. de Klerk, former president and joint Nobel Peace Prize winner (1936 - )
- Mahatma Gandhi, political activist (1869 - 1948)
- Nkosi Johnson, child who died of AIDS (1989 - 2002)
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician and 2nd wife of Nelson Mandela (1936 - )
- Thabo Mbeki, current president (1942 - )
- Gary Player, golfer (1936 - )
- Jan Smuts, statesman (1870 - 1950)
- Desmond Tutu, cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Hansie Cronje, cricketer (1969 - 2002)
- Charlize Theron, actress and Academy Award winner (1975 - )
- Steve Biko, nonviolent political activist (1946 - 1977)
- Shaka, founder of the Zulu nation (1787 - 1828)
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi, politician and a Zulu prince
- Tony Leon, politician (1956 - )
- Brenda Fassie, singer (1964 - 2004)
- Mark Shuttleworth, Web entrepreneur, founder of Thawte and Ubuntu Linux, astronaut (1973 - )
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, former prime minister and primary architect of Apartheid (1901 - 1966)
- Chris Hani, political activist (1942 - 1993)
- Bonginkosi Dlamini, also known as "Zola", poet, actor and musician
- Patricia de Lille, politician
- Johnny Clegg, also known as "The White Zulu", musician (1953 - )
- Helen Suzman, stateswoman (1917 - )
- Eugène Terre'Blanche, right wing activist
- Pieter Dirk Uys political satirist and entertainer
- Paul Kruger, four times president of South African Republic (1825 - 1904)
- Anton Rupert, businessman and environmentalist
- Jonty Rhodes, cricketer
- Leon Schuster, filmmaker, comedian, actor and prankster
- Oliver Tambo, political activist (1917 - 1993)
- Steve Hofmeyr, musician and actor
- Walter Sisulu, political activist (1912 - 2003)
- Cyril Ramaphosa, politician and businessman
- JRR Tolkien, author (1892 - 1973)
- Beyers Naude, cleric and anti-apartheid activist (1915 - 2004)
- Ernie Els, golfer (1969 - )
- Miriam Makeba, musician
- Patrice Motsepe, businessman
- Trevor Manuel, politician
- Albert Luthuli, cleric, politician and 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner († 1967)
- Robert Sobukwe, political activist (1924 - 1978)
- Tokyo Sexwale, politician and businessman
- Danny Jordaan, politician and soccer administrator
- Fatima Meer, scientist and political activist
- Ahmed Kathrada, political activist
- Joe Slovo, politician (1926 - 1995)
- Natalie du Toit, disabled swimmer
- Jomo Sono, soccer coach
- Francois Pienaar, former Springboks rugby captain (1967 - )
- John Kani, actor, entertainer and writer
- Penny Heyns, swimmer
- Jeremy Mansfield, radio and TV personality
- Lucas Radebe, former Bafana Bafana soccer captain
- Mamphela Ramphele, political activist, academic, businesswoman and mother to the son of Steve Biko
- Cecil Rhodes, businessman (1853 - 1902)
- Albertina Sisulu, political activist and wife of Walter Sisulu (1919 - )
- Aggrey Klaaste, journalist and editor
- Alan Paton, author (1903 - 1988)
- Harry Oppenheimer, businessman (1908 - 2000)
- Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist
- Doctor Khumalo, soccer player
- Jan van Riebeeck, first colonial administrator (1619 - 1677)
- Bruce Fordyce, ultra-marathon runner
- Enoch Sontonga, teacher, lay-preacher and composer wrote "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
- Zola Budd, athlete (1966 - )
- ol Plaatje, journalist and political activist (1877 - 1932)
- Danie Craven, rugby player and administrator (1910 - 1994)
- Alan Boesak, cleric and politician
- Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, talk show host, public speaker and businesswoman
- Yvonne Chaka Chaka, musician
- "Baby" Jakes Matlala, boxer and junior flyweight champion
- Kaizer Motaung, founder of Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
- Basetsana Kumalo, former Miss South Africa, presenter and businesswoman
- Antjie Krog, poet, novelist and playwright
- Dullah Omar, politician
- Mandoza, musician
- Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, politician
- Raymond Ackerman, businessman
- Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize-winning author (1923 - )
- Daniel François Malan, former Prime Minister responsible for laying the groundwork for Apartheid (1874 - 1959)
- Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, politician
- James Barry Munnik Hertzog, former Prime Minister (1866 - 1942)
- Hector Pieterson, a young boy whose death has become the symbol of the Soweto uprisings of June 1976
- Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum, golfer
- William Smith, TV teacher and presenter
- Pieter Willem Botha, former prime minister and state president (1916 - )
- Hugh Masekela, musician
- Bulelani Ngcuka, politician
- Jody Scheckter, Formula One world champion (1950 - )
- George Bizos, lawyer
- Mbongeni Ngema, playwright, actor, choreographer and director
- PJ Powers, musician
- Mimi Coertse, musician
- Mrs Ples, the oldest hominid skull found at Sterkfontein cave
- Abdullah Ibrahim, aka "Dollar Brand", musician
- Govan Mbeki, political activist and father of Thabo Mbeki
- Jamie Uys, Film Director (1921 - 1996)
- Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, artist
- Athol Fugard, playwright (1932 - )
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Reinhard,
Dankie vir jou bydrae. Na 'n afwesigheid van 'n paar weke is ek nou weer terug en wil graag die BLOG bietjie spoed gee.
Die 'Wie is Wie' lys is nogal interessant en wys verseker die diversiteit van ons Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing. Elkeen sal seker sy of haar kommentaar hê oor wie op die lys behoort te verskyn en wie nie. Vir my is daar 'n paar name van wie ek nog nooit gehoor het nie, wat die punt bewys.
In die teenwoordigheid van werklike grotes soos Nelson Mandela, Chris Barnard, Paul Kruger, en ander, sou ek persoonlik nie name soos Jeremy Mansfield, Leon Schuster, Nkosozana Dhlamini-Zuma, Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, en Charlize Theron op die lys wou sien nie ; maar dit is maar my eie opinie. Name op hierdie lys behoort tog 'n substansiële bydrae tot die politiek, ekonomie, kultuur, sport, of ander gemeenskapsdinamiek gemaak het - sodanige bydrae mag wel positief of negatief wees. Ter voorbeeld sou mens dalk na iemand soos Stalin kan verwys in die konteks van 'n twintigste eeuse rolspeler, maar nie noodwendig in 'n positiewe lig nie.
Ek vermoed dat 'n klompie van die name deur een of ander grapgat genomineer is, en toe deur ondersteunende stemme die top-100 lys gemaak het. Dit is nogal snaaks dat Naas Botha dit nie op die lys gemaak het nie.
Interessant genoeg sou ek ook gedink het dat name soos André P. Brink en Breyten Breytenbach die lys sou haal.
Maar dat die meeste van die mense op die lys wel een of ander nalatenskap en impak op die groei en ontwikkeling van Suid-Afrika, hoe mens ook al daarna kyk, gehad het, is onbetwyfelbaar.
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Dankie vir jou bydrae. Na 'n afwesigheid van 'n paar weke is ek nou weer terug en wil graag die BLOG bietjie spoed gee.
Die 'Wie is Wie' lys is nogal interessant en wys verseker die diversiteit van ons Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing. Elkeen sal seker sy of haar kommentaar hê oor wie op die lys behoort te verskyn en wie nie. Vir my is daar 'n paar name van wie ek nog nooit gehoor het nie, wat die punt bewys.
In die teenwoordigheid van werklike grotes soos Nelson Mandela, Chris Barnard, Paul Kruger, en ander, sou ek persoonlik nie name soos Jeremy Mansfield, Leon Schuster, Nkosozana Dhlamini-Zuma, Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, en Charlize Theron op die lys wou sien nie ; maar dit is maar my eie opinie. Name op hierdie lys behoort tog 'n substansiële bydrae tot die politiek, ekonomie, kultuur, sport, of ander gemeenskapsdinamiek gemaak het - sodanige bydrae mag wel positief of negatief wees. Ter voorbeeld sou mens dalk na iemand soos Stalin kan verwys in die konteks van 'n twintigste eeuse rolspeler, maar nie noodwendig in 'n positiewe lig nie.
Ek vermoed dat 'n klompie van die name deur een of ander grapgat genomineer is, en toe deur ondersteunende stemme die top-100 lys gemaak het. Dit is nogal snaaks dat Naas Botha dit nie op die lys gemaak het nie.
Interessant genoeg sou ek ook gedink het dat name soos André P. Brink en Breyten Breytenbach die lys sou haal.
Maar dat die meeste van die mense op die lys wel een of ander nalatenskap en impak op die groei en ontwikkeling van Suid-Afrika, hoe mens ook al daarna kyk, gehad het, is onbetwyfelbaar.
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