Pine Pienaar will be missed

Pine Pienaar was a man with many skills and talents and will be remembered by all who knew him as a man with great integrity and courage.
Pienaar died on January 1 from heart failure.
Family friend Ernst de Wet writes:
Cornelius Ferdinand Pienaar (known as Pine or Ferdie) was born on the farm of Leeufontein near Koster in the North West province. He attended school in Koster and was the head boy and captain of the first rugby team during his matric year.

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During his national service, he was selected to become a lieutenant in the infantry division of the army.
Pine graduated from the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a degree in town planning.
At the age of 27, he was appointed chief town planner of the Springs Municipality in the East Rand, where he remained for 20 years before going into private practice.
After his daughters and their families moved to Hermanus, Pine and Clara (his wife of 40 years) decided to follow them.
Pine loved his family dearly and always placed them first.
Pine passed through a winter period during which Clara died, coinciding with a failed development in which he sustained heavy financial losses.
With characteristic courage and determination, Pienaar went back to work as a principal town planner.
He later married Winsome Margaret Pienaar (née Swanepoel).

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Pine was a member of the Hermanus Business Chamber and served on the executive committee.
His specific focus was infrastructure and planning. As an experienced town planner and businessman, and with enthusiasm not only for his profession but also for Hermanus in general, he played a valuable role during the past few years in representing the business sector in matters relating to infrastructure and town planning.
His most recent contribution was related to the activities of the Hermanus Stakeholder Forum.
Pine was also a member of the Schulphoek Steering Committee.
In the discussions of these bodies, his wisdom, knowledge and experience regarding technical matters always impressed those around him.
Pine was a humble man of strong character who remained constant in times of adversity and prosperity.
He will be greatly missed.

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