He was one of the drivers of the negotiations which lead to the formation of the South African Cricket Union in 1976 and was its president until 1991. His election onto the South African Cricketers’ Association board followed in 1967. On the Transvaal board, he served as vice-chairperson, chairperson, treasurer – and, eventually, president. Pamensky served on the Wits All Sports’ Council as a student and was elected to the Transvaal Cricket Union’s junior board as a 23-year-old in 1953 before being elected to the full board two years later. Dr Ali Bacher (MBBCh 1967, LLD honoris causa 2001) remained a life-long friend and colleague. Pamensky studied as a chartered accountant at Wits and played club cricket for the university and, later, at Pirates in Johannesburg. He attended Grey High School, excelling in maths and playing first team cricket, where he opened the innings and kept wicket.
Pamensky was born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) on 21 July 1930 to jewellery store owners Samuel and Freda Pamensky. Joseph Leon Pamensky – or “Papa Joe” (CTA 1953) – died on 8 March 2023, in Johannesburg after a long battle with dementia at the age of 92. Is this world, with oversized creatures, wise Elders and a talking tree real? Is Willow Walker real? Or is it all part of a world where legends abound? Join Sarah, Mattie and Willow Walker on their journey as they discover stories rich in the culture and traditions of Cree, Icelandic and Ojibwe people.In Memoriam 2023 Joseph Pamensky (1930-2023) Similar to Alice in ALICE IN WONDERLAND the youth face real issues in a world that combines enchantment and fantasy with reality. CAVE OF JOURNEYS, a juvenile fiction vel, combines legend with fantasy. They have four days to accomplish their goal in a race against time. The youth rush to visit Elders entrusted to guard rock paintings at sites throughout the Canadian Shield. Their whirlwind adventure in a flying cae takes them to four locations. Sarah, Mattie and Willow Walker meet an ancient oak tree who recruits them to retrieve original stories of Canadian history. This magical place records the chapters of humankind through picture writing. The three adventurers stumble upon the CAVE OF JOURNEYS.
While exploring, they meet a fourteen-year-old Cree boy named Willow Walker and his First Nations family. They arrive in New Iceland, near Gimli, Manitoba. As they enter a magical cave Sarah, Mattie and their grandfather are mysteriously transported from Iceland in 2011. Join fourteen-year-old Sarah and her eleven-year-old brother Mattie as they journey one hundred years back in time.
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