![]() As the founder and chairman of South Africa's first diving school, he also became South Africa's first frogman. He founded and chaired the Fleet Language Board. He was one of the founders of the Naval Gymnasium at Saldanha Bay and became later its commanding officer. From 1951 he served as officer at the South African Navy, where he played a major role (with many others) to assist in making it become more bilingual. Gideon Joubert worked as a reporter at Die Burger. After a year he resumed his studies and obtained a BA at Stellenbosch University. In his second year he interrupted his studies to work as a deckhand on a sailing ship. He studied Afrikaans, Dutch, English and Psychology at Stellenbosch University. He attended school at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch. Joubert was born and grew up on his parents' wine farm near Stellenbosch. ![]()
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