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… Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander Merensky. Hans studied geology and mine engineering at the … for the Department of Mines in East Prussia. In 1904 Dr Merensky came to South Africa on leave from his employers. He …

… River. They were rebuffed. In 1865, Rev. Dr. Alexander Merensky (1837-1917), Superintendent of the Berlin Missionary … established a Mission station and a school of that name. Merensky continued to play a double game, hunting with the … from the scene in 1879 when the Boers rewarded him (Merensky) by granting him land in Maandagshoek from which he …

… He became a director of De Beers in 1926. When Dr Hans Merensky discovered diamonds in Namaqualand in 1927, the …

… , Tafelberg-Uitgewers, Kaapstad, 1977 (text: Abraham H De Vries). In Camera: Portraits of South African Artists , H.A.U.M., Cape Town, 1979 (text: André P Brink). Children of … Trust, Idasa, South African Breweries, the Hans Merensky Foundation, Eskom, Telkom, Transnet, The National …

… When Sekhukhune ordered the Christians to leave in 1865, Merensky and his followers founded a new Station called … the liberation struggles of the native people” (Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B) pp. 237 – 238). For his part, Makgatho told … these troops received a medal or ribbon. Source: Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B, New History of South Africa, Tafelberg, …