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Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town

Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town

Date
14 Jan 1952
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town

Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom promoted folk theatre and met a real need among Afrikaans theatregoers. His productions also helped to create theatre awareness in the rural areas. Some of the actors who made their debut under his guidance include James Norval, Siegfried Mynhardt and Berdine Grunewald. In 1945, the Medal of Honour for Drama was awarded jointly to Hanekom and Matilda by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, in recognition of their pioneering work in the field of the Afrikaans professional theatre. A collection of Hanekom's documents are preserved in the National Afrikaans Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952

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  1. 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 422. Swart (unknown). Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011769

South African History Online (2011) 'Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011769 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011769, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011769. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011769.

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