Kosie Pretorius - Early Life and Education

Early Life and Education

Pretorius was born in Swakopmund, Erongo Region. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from what was then the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa now known as the University of the Free State in 1956 and 1959, respectively. While there, he was an organising secretary of the Afrikaner Student Union.

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