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Barbara Potgieter

J.B.S. Potgieter MA.

ID.(on request)

Barbara is language graduate of Afrikaans/Dutch  witch included German 1. She works as a language practitioner in the family business, enjoys translating literature and creative writing such as poetry and scripts

She designed and taught  an audio visual course in Afrikaans for English language speakers in business before video, TV and computers, using slides an tapes, taught  Afrikaans  and worked since as a journalist, photographer, drama practitioner and has a masters degree in Ancient Near Eastern culture.

EDUCATION

COMPLETED GRADUATE STUDIES

University of Stellenbosch: MA (March 1998)

U N I S A: BA (1994) Biblical Studies and Afrikaans/
Dutch

Undergraduate studies at University of Pretoria and University of South Africa (Afrikaans/Netherlands, Anthropology, Biblical Studies,  Biblical Archaeology, German, History of Music, Ancient Near Eastern Studies).

Final Certificate in Speech and Drama U N I S A

St. X with university exemption Natal Education Board at Port Natal High School Durban.

CAREER SUMMARY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Press Reporter and photographer

Full time and as freelance: Media24: Rapport, Die Burger,  Tygerburger, as well as Spektrum and Onsdorp.com internet magazines.

Freelance: Die Kerkbode, Lig, Buiteburger.

Editor: Koinonia 1999 to 2003.

Director

Drama:

Ek verlang vannaand na Doornbaai: Poetry and music. Cape Town and Oudsthoorn.

T.A.G.-group. 1996/7       provided training and designed text for puppeteers promoting health                                   education on the Cape flats.

Amanzi                         musical for Opera Fringe: Nico Malan Theatre.

The Chairs, Ionesco       Totius Junior School Hall

Television

Directing           documentary on the Clay Museum at Durbanville.

                        Dodeliker as ‘n slang: designed a script and trained puppeteers for an                                educational video.

Costume design for a Music Revue SABC.

Make up and coaching children for dancing for productions at Kleinplasie & Oude Libertas.

Designed and made dolls as well as coached puppeteers for a music video for the SABC in                     Goodwood.

Teaching

                        Speech and Drama:

Method acting, mime, and puppetry

                        Operated a home studio in y.

Arts and Culture

                        Parow East School

Afrikaans second language

                        Marist  Stella, Academy for Afrikaans, Boston House College, Durban.

Holiday camps Conducted activities at for High School Pupils in puppet making and script     design: Wolwehoek, Ceres and Mitchell’s Plain.

Editing Koinonia.

Course work

Directing  presented by BP at the Arts CapeTheatre.

Scriptwriting                2000 University of Stellenbosch, A.T.K.V. Johannesburg.

                                    University of Cape Town Summer School:

Method Acting                          Alexander von Reumont

Puppetry                      Hand Spring Puppet Company

Drama in Education     Presented for S.A.A.D.Y.T at U.S. by C. O’Neal, and at                                                     U.C.T. by Dorothy Heathcote.

Mime                           Nigel Stevenson and others.

ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS

                                    Music, art, poetry, hiking, travel, Archaeology

Societies                       Member of O T S W A, S A A U, BAS, International Tai Chi,.

Recent Congresses        University of Stellenbosch, Religion July 2009.

Archaeological digs        2001 Maleoskop South Africa, 1998 Del Dor, Israel, 1991 Tel Dan, Israel.

Countries visited: Madeira, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, East and West Germany, France, East Germany, Czech Republic, Britain, Israel, Egypt, India, Zimbabwe, Namibia.

CV

PERSONAL Full names

DETAILS Georg Johannes Potgieter

ID on request

Welgelegen

Cape Town

021 558-8270

083 229 8044

Afrikaans

English

SCHOOL Matriculate

CAREER Hoërskool Transkei, Umtata, 1962

BA degree, University of Stellenbosch, 1967

History, Geography, Psychology, Anthropology, Afrikaans

AS FREELANCE 2006

JOURNALIST Sub and translate for various sections of the Cape Town

daily Die Burger.

Write various published articles for Die Burger's classy

weekend supplement BY.

Work as translator, sub and writer of leaders for the

short-lived Sunday paper Die Wêreld.

Editor and translator of the monthly NAMA Newsletter

(National Association of Managing Agents.)

Translate the Handbook for Managing Agents.

Write freelance articles for various magazines. Translate

English copy and write Afrikaans copy for iafrica internet

news service.

Translate and write copy for SABC Radio regional news.

Editor of KLETS (E-magazine for expats in the UK).

Translate documents for the Northern Cape government.

Produce and direct various marketing and corporate videos

for various concerns and companies, including the Foschini

Group, Harwill Medical, Caltex SA and Kwezi-V3 engineers.

Direct and produce two juvenile DVDs for BMG-Sony (Carike

in Kinderland I and II) and centenary video for Ceres Rugby

Club.

AS TELEVISION 1980-1997

PRODUCER/ Join SABC TV as producer. Produce and direct various

DIRECTOR live broadcasts.

Write scripts and produce TV programmes covering a wide

range of topics, including sport, musical programmes, music

video series and documentaries, locally and in Namibia,

Japan and Portugal.

Produce and direct two documentaries on the making of the

acclaimed Arende drama series for SABC TV.

AS FULL-TIME 1967-1980

JOURNALIST Join the editorial staff of Die Burger as sports reporter.

Work as translator, sub-editor and layout-artist in the

newsroom.

Assistant editor of Topsport magazine. Report on the

Olympic Games 1976.

Join the editorial staff of Huisgenoot as article writer.

Twice editor of Die Stellenbosse Student (annual).

Finding and second editor of the rag magazine Akkerjol.

Sports editor of  Die Matie weekly. Sports correspondent for

Die Burger.

Editor of the Wilgenhof Gedenkboek (covering 75 years of

the history of this renowned men's residence).