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Unlike many South African family names that are easily traced back to English, Dutch, or Huguenot French, the origin of the name Coetzee is unclear. It is known to date back to Dirk Coetzee, who came to Cape Colony from Kampen, Netherlands , in the 17th century.
The first name change in post-1994 South Africa. The town was originally named Lyttelton, but was renamed Verwoerdburg in 1967 in honour of Hendrik Verwoerd, the so-called "architect of Apartheid" and was deemed offensive to many people and was changed to the neutral name of Centurion. Midstream Estates → Midstream Estate (2003) [30]
Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened ...
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
Nieuwoudt (Afrikaans: ⓘ, Dutch:) is an Afrikaans and Dutch surname [1] [2] of topographic origin. It is an altered version of the original Dutch Nieuhout [3] with the meaning 'new woods' (from nieuw 'new' and hout 'woods'). Notable people with this name include: Gideon Nieuwoudt (1951–2005), South African former security policeman
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Oosthuizen is a South African surname, especially common among Afrikaners. Notable people with the name include: Abrie Oosthuizen (fl. 1994–2013), South African politician; Andries Oosthuizen (born c. 1954), South African golfer; Caylib Oosthuizen (born 1989), South African rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat
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