Johannes du Plessis [SEP] educated at
at the University of Stellenbosch.
Du Plessis helped found the South African Institute of Race Relations, a liberal research organization, in 1929.
Biography.
Johannes du Plessis attended seminary in the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and later the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, graduating with a doctorate in theology. In 1894, du Plessis was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC); he would become general secretary for Mission in 1903. He traveled working as a missionary across sub-Saharan Africa as
Fanie du Plessis
Stephanus ("Fanie") Johannes du Plessis (23 February 1930, Lichtenburg, North West – 13 August 2001, Pretoria, Gauteng) was a discus thrower and shot putter, who represented South Africa at two Summer Olympics in 1956 and 1960. He was twice gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games (in 1954 and 1958, then known as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games) in the men's discus throw event.
Biography.
Stephanus ("Fanie") Johannes du Plessis was born