Rev. W. Postma

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Rev. W. Postma (18*-19*). An Afrikaans church minister and champion of the Afrikaans-Dutch language, he was also founder and leader of the society Onze Taal ("Our Language") in Bloemfontein in 1908.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

The society contributed greatly to cultural life, and the development of Afrikaans theatre in the city when it established a theatre-division and became explicitly pro-Afrikaans.

Sources

Du Toit, P.J., 1988.

Binge, 1969.

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