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SANA Honorary Members

SANA Past Presidents and Gold medal recipients, receive the honour of becoming lifelong honorary members in their personal capacity.

SANA Past Presidents

1947                JA Herholdt
SF Conradie
Mr Beetge
AJ Basson
1960                Tom Arnold
1961                CH Müller
1964                HP du Preez
1967                Egmont Behrens
1971                Nico Ligthelm
1978                Jimie Malan
1980                Bill Daly
1982                Keith Kirsten
1985                Richard Hill
1988                Jac Swanepoel
1990                Johan Vlok
1992                Keith Kirsten
1994                Roy Trendler
1996                John Simpson
1998                Ronald de Leeuw
2000                Wessel Duif
2002                Di-Di Hoffman
2004                Morné Faulhammer
2006                Jan Swanepoel
2008                Dawn Collard
2010                Nick Stodel
2012                Wayne Stewart
2014                Ryan Goodwin
2016                Tanya Visser
2018                Peter Runkel                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2020                Paul Vonk                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2022                Kathy Varney

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SANA Gold Medal Recipients

1970:  Dr PJ Klesser
1972:  E Batchelor
1975:  EP Evans
1986:  Sima Eliovson
1986:  Nancy Gardiner
1986:  Zoe Gilbert
1986:  Una vd Spuy
1986:  C Hemy
1987:  Con Darras
1987:  TJ Kruger
1987:  Prof HB Rycroft
1987:  HP vd Schijff
1988:  Jan Herholdt
1988:  Prof Kristo Pienaar
1988:  Trevor Schofield
1989:  Egmont Behrens
1990:  Barbara Jeppe
1990:  Dr Anton Rupert
1990:  Keith Kirsten
1991:  Nico Ligthelm
1991:  Jimie Malan
1991:  CH Muller
1991:  Derek King
1992:  Ludwig Taschner
1992:  Elro Braak
1993:  Dave Kirkby
1994:  Eric Lamb
1998:  Jan Roeloffs
1999:  Wessel Duif Snr
2000:  Michael Rahner
2002:  Gill Blignaut
2003:  Di Goodwin
2004:  Mike Zingel
2004:  Roy Trendler
2005:  Mark Sachs
2005:  GB Braak (posthumous)
2006:  Gordon McLachlan
2007: Brian Krull
2007:  Vic Grobler
2008:  Mike Gibbons
2008:  Jacques Malan
2008:  Rob Stodel
2009:  Dick Carter
2009:  Jeff Parsley
2010:  Jan van Bergen
2010:  Chris Wilkinson
2011:  Frik Bruwer (posthumous)
2012:  Marlaen Straathof
2013:  Gerrie Griffioen
2014:  Theunis Ebersohn
2014:  Alan Ross
2015:  Paul Vonk
2016:  Peter Goodwin
2016:  Jan van Blerk
2017:  Nick Stodel
2018:  Margaret Roberts (posthumous)
2018:  Diane Ross
2018:  Leon Scholtz
2018:  Doug Watson
2019:  Jan de Waal & John Mundell
2020:  Dawn Collard
2021:  Peter Runkel
2021:  Gerdie Olivier                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2022:  Wayne Stewart
2023:  Andre Bimray
2023:  Johan Kok                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2024:  Tanya Visser

Download the complete list: SANA Gold Medal recipients

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