Browsing Veterinary History (History Society of the South African Veterinary Association) by Title

Browsing Veterinary History (History Society of the South African Veterinary Association) by Title

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  • Brown, Mike; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (1989)
    Dr Schalk van Rensburg passed away on the 5th of August 1989. He helped the veterinary profession in all its various facets to become established in South Africa and also laid the firm foundations on which veterinary ...
  • Marwick, Clive; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-06)
    Dr Anne de Vos passed away on 26 March 2022. Dr De Vos née Fraser [Anne], a private practitioner from Ladybrand, served on the South African Veterinary Council [SAVC] as Councillor, Vice-President and Chairperson of the ...
  • Adam, John; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-11)
    Dr Duncan Prinsloo was raised in Benoni in Gauteng. His passion from the age of 5 years was to be a veterinarian and to help realise this dream he worked after matriculating at SAA in the maintenance department and as ...
  • Bath, Gareth F; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (1989)
    Dr Elia Marius van Tonder passed away on the 7th of August 1989. He qualified as veterinarian in 1961 and started his career as state veterinarian in De Aar. He received a South African Veterinary Association silwer award ...
  • South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-07)
    Gilbert Paul Victor was born on 19 October 1949 in Anvers/Antwerp, Belgium. Dr de Cort qualified as a veterinarian in 1980. Initially, he specialised in large animals, moving slowly into small animals until his death on ...
  • Sweetman, Allison; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-11)
    Jesse Henry Coleman, was born in Springs on the 9th of December 1948. His early years were spent growing up on the farm, Lake Warden, in the Hoopstad district, along the Vaal River in the Free State. He matriculated at the ...
  • Vervoord, Pieter; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-09)
    Nadine qualified in 1981 and initially worked in Johannesburg for 18 months. She went to work in the UK for a year and returned to South Africa in 1984 to get married. In 2014 she realized a lifelong dream: together with ...
  • Bigalke, Rudolph; De Vos, Albertus; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2022-08)
    Anne Pienaar Fraser (Anne) is op Sondag 27 Maart 2022 in die ouderdom van 67 jaar oorlede na verskeie jare se stryd teen ‘n rare tipe leukemie wat haar loopbaan as toegewyde veearts en rol as ma en ouma kortgeknip het. ...
  • Fouche, Susan; Carstens, Ann; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-03)
    This is a tribute to the late Dr Alan Fair, who sadly passed away on 26 February 2022 at the young age (as he liked to say) of 87. Alan started out as a State Vet in Rustenburg, then spent a brief time in Pietermaritzburg, ...
  • Turner, Vincent; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-05)
    David Mendel Burstein was born on 6 February 1943 in Johannesburg. He attended Houghton Primary School and King Edward (K.E.S) High School for Boys in Johannesburg. Initially, Dave began studying for a degree in Chemical ...
  • Bath, Anne; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-03)
    Peter Henry Bunton was born on 2 March 1922, possibly in Port Elizabeth, where his parents Henry Arthur Bunton and his mother, Grace Isabel Gilfillan were living at that time and managing the family's Bunton's Grand Hotel. ...
  • Macintyre, Avis; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-02)
    One of the most beloved veterinarians in Hermanus, Dr Sandy Waddingham died on 16 December 2023 after a long and brave battle with cancer. Sandy was born in 1958, the youngest of 5 children. After qualifying as veterinarian ...
  • Azzie, Bernadette; Carstens, Ann; Boshoff, Annette; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-02)
    Maurice Azzie was born in East London, South Africa, on the 29th of October 1935, the son of Tim and Mary Azzie. Having completed two years of a Bachelor of Science (in Biology) at the University of Witwatersrand in ...
  • Delport, Peet; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2020-08)
    In memoriam of Jacobus Oosthuizen (born 11 July 1942 – died 28 July 2020). A short description honouring Dr Oosthuizen's education, as part of the class of 1969, and his career as veterinarian.
  • Van der Spuy, Michelle; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2021-09)
    In memoriam article about the veterinarian, Dr Hans van de Pypekam. During the past 30 years he made a huge contribution to the development of the Nguni cattle breed in South Africa. He qualified in 1964 at Onderstepoort ...
  • South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-01)
    Obituary of Dr Ramoni Joubert (24/02/1994 - 7/12/2022) who was an incredibly driven and diverse woman. One minute she would be walking the runways in New York. The next, she’d be riding a horse across the Okavango Delta.
  • Greenberg, Melvyn; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (South African Veterinary Association, 2023-11)
    Mark Christopher Williams is remembered by family and friends as a passionate butterfly fundi spending a great part of his life in the field, netting butterflies. This veterinary pathologist had a lust for life admired by ...
  • collins, Tod; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (South African Veterinary Association, 2023-10)
    Professor Mark Williams studied at Onderstepoort, starting in 1970 to follow his passion to become a veterinarian. He was an enthusiastic butterfly expert and became a well-known researcher in the field with many publications ...
  • Bath, Gareth; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society (2023-09)
    Brian Baker was born on 11 November 1936 in Johannesburg. Brian and Janet Baker moved to ‘Summerveld’ in Natal in about 1965, where in addition to farming and his racing practice, he became increasingly involved in all ...
  • Bath, Gareth; Bigalke, Rudolph; Jackson, James; Jackson, Jacob; South African Veterinary Association. Veterinary History Society; Kgasi, Alfred; Van Blerk, Chris (2023-07-01)
    Jakobus Johannes (Japie) Jackson was born on 20 August 1931 on the farm Riverton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He completed the first-year examinations in November 1949 and he qualified for BVSc in the middle of ...