 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Daneel akaberekerwa muCalvinia, Cape Province zvino kuNorthern Cape musi wa 29 Nyamavhuvhu 1904 kuna Marthinus naCharlotte Daneel, uye aive mumwe wevana vanomwe. Baba vake vaive mufundisi weDutch Reformed Church uyo akanga atamba rugby kuStellenbosch University vachipesana nechikwata chaBill Maclagan cheBritain muna 1891. Aivewo nedzimwe hama mbiri dzaitamba padanho repamusoro; babamunini vake Henry Daneel vaive nhengo yechikwata chaPaul Roos cha1906-07, nepo mumwe wehama dzake, Louis Louw, akatamba parwendo rwa1912-13 pasi pekutungamira kwaBilly Millar. 