26 July 1939
South African poet and graphic designer Wopko Jensma was born in Middelburg, Eastern Province. Highly talented but suffering from schizophrenia, he studied at various tertiary institutions and majored in sculpture at the University of Pretoria. After having lived in Mozambique, Botswana and Swaziland for some time, Jensma returned to South Africa where he disappeared in 1993 without a trace from a Salvation Army Men's Home, a shelter that accommodates homeless people. References: Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery. http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/the_rest/0003/000313-jensma.html http://translate.google.com/