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A friend from school and I organised our 10-year reunion. It was quite a mission - to contact all who needed to be invited. So when our 20-year reunion loomed and no one stepped up to the plate, we decided to take on the reunion organising thing again - only this time without the hassle. One of the radio stations where we'd advertised the reunion, suggested we register and advertise on SAReunited. We were pleasantly surprised at how many of our contacts were already on SAReunited...and we ended up enjoying a FABULOUS reunion.
Anonymous
I just wanted to say thank you for helping me find my special friend. After 32 years, we made contact again through SAReunited by putting a notice on in the Looking For section!
Erika Fourie
SAReunited is the best website ever! I found my BEST friend at school, and we are emailing and chatting with each other frequently now! We will meet each other in November again for the first time in 6 years! Isn't that amazing?!
Denise Barkhuizen
Through SAReunited I gained contact with an old school friend from 1982. As a result of that contact, I'll now be hooking up with two further mates from the same class at school. Will update you with a reunion picture of 4 good friends who grew old & ugly...but will be sharing old tales and hopefully extend our friendships. Thank you.
Dave Valentyne
'n Baie goeie vriend het my na hierdie webblad verwys. Ek woon tans in Texas, USA, en was baie verbaas om ou vriende van Hoerskool Sentraal, Beaufort Wes se name te sien. Ek gaan hard probeer om nuwe vriende na SAReunited te verwys en hoop om met al my ou skoolvriende kontak te maak. Ek MIS Afrikaans baie en verlang baie na Suid Afrika. Al my familie, kinders en vriende is steeds daar. Dankie vir die puik web.
Juliana een van die "onmoontlike" Stassen Tweeling
I logged in to SAReunited and went through my old schools and remembered so many names, especially at Townsview Primary. I contacted Mandy who I'd lived near to until she left primary school to move north and I contacted Megan who'd been in my same class since primary school. Thanks to SAReunited we're back in touch AND I met up with them in July when I went to South Africa. It was so great seeing them and they looked the same as 30 years ago!
Julie from Leiria, Portugal
A BIG thank you to SAReunited. I have found my best friend after 21 years! We were neighbours since Grade 1, but we moved out of town when I was 16, and since then I have never seen or spoken to her. I am so happy to be back in touch. She was my only best friend I ever had. I'm back in Johannesburg, but unfortunately she lives in Bronkhorstspruit. We are busy arranging a get together. I cannot wait!
Mariza Labuschagne
In March 2005 I received an sms from SAReunited telling me "I had mail". The message in my inbox started with "Hi, I wondered if you still remember me..." and was from Alan. In reality I'd had a crush on him since the age of nine! He was the handsome guy next door. I was the shy chubby girl who baked him cookies and did his homework projects while he was out jolling. When he was 17 his family moved to Cape Town and we eventually lost touch. I married briefly...and divorced. Nobody measured up to what my family dubbed "the Alan factor". So I was flabbergasted when I received the SAReunited email from him. We got chatting and met for coffee in June 2005. He was divorced and still as divine as ever. I'd lost my puppy fat and cut and coloured my hair, so I looked quite different. I wore my necklace that he'd given me 20 odd years before, at our first meeting and he recognised it immediately. From then on we saw or spoke to each other every day...and on 5 November 2005 he asked me to marry him, so at the ripe old age of 40 I married the love of my life! We're blissfully happywith kids, dogs, birds, a cat, and best of all...each other! Thanks SAReunited.
Tracy Pollastrini
I want to say thank you for reuniting me with my friend. We last saw each other in 1988 when I finished high school in Middledrift Eastern Cape. I registered with SAReunited and we found each other through your site. Thank you so much and keep the good work.
Ndyebokazi Booi
I was over the moon on the 1st August 07. My friend from Orange Grove, Fabio Saragnese left me in '93 to go to Cape Town. My heart was broken. In '94 he called me to say I should come down, but I could not because I had my 1 year old son and was working to keep us going. In 95/96 was the last time I ever spoke to him on the phone. Every now and again I would log on to SAReunited to look for him. I had called many of our old friends but they too did not know his whereabouts. About 3 months ago, a friend at work told me to log on to SAReunited and try again. So I did. And OMG he was there!!!!!!!!!!! I have missed and loved him all my life. He is married and has two girls. He remembers everything we had together. So wonderful to know that he is still here with me in my heart like he always was.
Fagolino Ti Amo
I placed a notice on the Looking For section for an old school friend - and blow me down - a friend of hers living in Portugal saw my notice and contacted me! So now I am in regular contact with my friend. Thanks again!
Jen W, Auckland, NZ
A quick note to let you know that I think the SAReunited site if fantastic. I've managed to trace many school friends including one whom I have known since Grade 1. We are both now 52 years old......
Lynne Olitzki
Thanks to SAReunited for connecting people. I have been trying for many years to find a very close school friend of mine. I traced her through your services and sent her an email with my number. For a year or so I didn't hear any thing back from her. Suddenly a few weeks ago I received a phone call from her. We have since visited with each other. We are both living in New Zealand, she is Christchurch and I am in Dunedin. We now have full contact with each other!
Heather Clidaras (Williams)
Just a 'short' mail to express my thanks to you and your wonderful team for this great website. I've made contact with many old school friends, and discovered that the majority live right here under my nose. I've also made contact with another old Primary school friend, whom I last saw in 1980..she's over in the States but promised to visit when they come to South Africa for a holiday. So much excitement from my side, thanks once again.
Claudine Bosho
Ek het Rosy Bezuidenhoud opgepoor deur SAReunited. Ons het begin gesels en dit is die eerste keer in amper 20 jaar ons was saam op Laerskool De Beer in Welverdiend beste vriende was. Ek het kontak met al my vriende verloor in Suid Afrika. Ek is tans in Amerika en ek beplan n trip in november hierdie jaar. Hoop ek en Rosy kan n plan maak om mekaar te ontmoet weer na 20 jaar. Ek probeer om kontak te maak met al my ou skool maats. Groot asseblief, kontak my, ek verlang vreeslik terug Suid Afrika toe maar ek is gelukkig in die USA. Baie dankie aan SAReunited."
Yvonne
How amazing is this site. I had this nagging feeling to see what's going on with Hillview High in Pretoria. You know how great it was to see the names of all the guys I used to go to school with? TO ALL OF YOU MATRIC OF 1995, WHATS HAPPENING? It's been long since I have seen anyone from back home. Miss the sun, friendly people and not to mention miss having a tan. Considering that I might not be going back any time soon I would like to see what's happening with everyone. I see you, Mr G Bowman, are also registered. Still keeping out of trouble? Hope to hear from you all soon.
Christina, UK
After losing touch with my friend Sally 21 years ago I finally got in touch with her through SAReunited. I submitted my details at 10pm on Saturday night and by 10.30am Sunday morning I was on the phone to her at her new home in New Zealand. Thank you!
Karen
I'm very pleased to say that because of SAReunited I've been re-united with a friend that moved to Australia 21yrs ago, and with other friends who still live in SA. Thank you for a wonderful website.
Michelle Bowers
Thank you so much SAReunited. I left school in 1987 in std 7 to go sailing with my folks and lost contact with all my friends in South Africa. Now 18 years later and living in Canada, a friend from the UK told me about this web site. I went on and immediately found my best friend from primary school. I emailed her and the next day we spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone catching up. She told me that she had put her name on the SAReunited Site hoping that I would find her. I can not thank you enough. I am going to tell every South African I know about this site.
Sandy, Canada
Back in 2004 I tried the SA Reunited dating site, just for the fun of it! Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that I would meet the man of my dreams. I was living in London at the time and he was living in Texas, USA. We are both South Africans, so this site was nice to meet other South Africans around the world. We had our most beautiful wedding day in Jan ’07 in South Africa. We are so happy and thankful that this website brought us together!
Desiree
Thank you! I was reunited with my best friend from standard 3 after 39 years! We met for coffee on Saturday morning and only left the coffee shop at 13h00!! Not that we wanted to. We definitely will see each other again. It's amazing how much we have in common after all this time.
Celeste, Kempton Park
A year ago I made contact through your website with a school friend of mine that I had lost contact with when my family emigrated to Canada 38 years ago. I posted a success story with you on finding Ingrid. I am now happy to report that I have just had the most wonderful reunion with all 5 of my girlfriends over this Xmas and New Year's in Cape Town. Every one of them still lives in the same places that they grew up in. I was able to not only to visit the schools I attended but also to visit the home that I grew up in. So, once again, thanks so much for facilitating a website where I could be reunited with my beloved friends. I have now been able to fulfill a dream I have kept in my heart for all that time.
Charlene, Canada
I just registered on this site and amazingly, I saw a friend's name. We went to the same High School and I had such a crush on her. We'd lost contact a year or two after matric, and I'd been trying to get her contact details - I've asked some other people her whereabouts and no one seemed to know...until today. Thanks a million SAR.
Blackie, Queenstown, South Africa
Great thanks to all you people at SAReunited, especially Michelle who forwarded the message that reunited my sister and I. I left SA in 1969 and said goodbye to my sister who was 6 years old then. We wrote for a few years then lost touch about 1980. Bought a computer about 5 years ago and left messages on various websites in SA and here in the UK but had no luck. I registered a couple of years ago on SAReunited and entered my name at my old school, Fish Hoek High in Cape Town. One of the SAReunited members stumbled across my name and made contact and that led me to my sister.
Michael, UK
I went to the Matric Dance with the love of my life Brian in 1977...He went to the Army after school and we lost touch, but never officially "broke up". Throughout the years I always hoped I would bump into him. Then in June 2003, I subscribed to SAReunited.com and found Brian's sister. She forwarded my email to him and he responded. I flew over to visit him in the USA...It was as though time had stood still...After a few more trips, he proposed and we got married on 22nd August. Thank you so very much for your site, it truly has changed my life!
Juanita
It is now Friday 16h30 and I have corresponded with 32 of my old school friends. As one person answers, he or she supplies me with the names of more people they still have contact with. I have mailed friends from as far back as 1978, some in Holland, Adelaide (AUS), the United States and all over SA. Having entered our 40's , it is quite evident that all of us have a need to re-kindle some of our old acquaintances. Thanks for bringing a tremendous amount of joy to me during this week. (As well as laughter when I looked at some pictures of what these lost friends look like after 23 years of experiencing life.)
Anton, Johannesburg
This morning I opened my mail and there it is - a mail from a friend from my army days. 15 odd years later. This actually made my day as I was trying to find him for a while. This is a site that is going places. Thanks.
Jan, Port Elizabeth
I would like to say THANK YOU sooo much to the sa-reunited team! After about 3 years of searching for my best friend - she found me... on your website! She was living in England and also tried to get hold of me... and by putting my information on your site, she could email me and we got reunited!
Tarryn
After a fall out in 1997, my best friend - Charmaine - and I didn't speak for nearly six years and I have thought of her everyday since, until my partner told me to try SAReunited and it was a complete success. After three days I received an email from Charms and we have been corresponding ever since. She knows I have two children and am engaged and I was pleased to hear she is doing fantastically and I can't express how happy I am to have found such a dear friend. She still resides in South Africa and I am now living with my family in the United Kingdom...
Ryan
Hi, I signed up to your site last week and did a search for my Ex Wife, whom I found. I then sent an email to her through you guys. A week later I received one back, on my 30th birthday). What a fantastic birthday present - you may wonder why, so let me tell you. I have a daughter in South Africa born 10yrs ago. I have not seen her for nearly 7-8 of those years but on my birthday I received a load of beautiful photos of my daughter......thank you SAReunited.
- Bradley, London
I have found my two children through SAReunited. They're now well into adulthood and we are reunited very happily I am pleased to say. They are well and living in UK. I haven't seen them for 26 years so you can imagine how strange and wonderful it feels. Thank you for all your help and lovely emails from members all over S. Africa.
- Carol D
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