Brian Dowding and Chris Yelland had previously established the Rapha Pretorius Benevolent Fund, administered by Moore Stephens Auditors of Johannesburg, to assist in the financial care of Rapha in his last days, and in the support of Rapha's direct family.

 

You are kindly requested to make donations into the fund in lieu of flowers, and any funds so collected will be managed, accounted for and dispersed for the benefit of Rapha Pretorious, his wife and direct family, with the joint signatories being Brian Dowding PrEng and Chris Yelland CEng.

 

Payments to the fund may be made by EFT or cheque to:

 

Eloff Street Nominees (Pty) Ltd

(A trust company under the auspices of Moore Stephens Auditors)

Standard Bank, Smal Street Branch, Branch code 1805

Account number: 00 109 645 1 (NOT 00 109 654 1 as previously shown)

Reference: Rapha 

 

We would also take this opportunity to sincerely thank all those who have already or will be making donations to the fund.

 

Background

 

Many electrical engineers in South Africa, in industry, at project companies, at original equipment manufacturers, at firms of consulting engineers, and in academia, will have dealt with, known of or heard about Rapha Pretorius. In the fields of power system analysis, insulation coordination, lightning and surge protection, power quality, reactive power compensation, static var compensators, harmonic distortion and harmonic filters, he was an acknowledged world leader, providing consulting services to the world's prime electrical engineering companies. His reputation stretched before him.