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South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… day, students were called upon to march to John Vorster Square Police Station to demand the release of political … gathered at different points to march to…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… Schutte and Phillip Snyman, both members of the Kerkraad (Church Council). When Spruit fell out with the council, … decision which led to the formation of…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… established for Blacks in 1951. Located 16km east of Church Square, this township also fell within the Pretoria … in 1960, Laudium, which is situated 12 km…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… than the country that they lived in. The Roman Catholic Church was a very rich and powerful social institution in … was the Pope, who lived in the Vatican…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… handed themselves over to the police for arrest at Caledon Square. On the 25 March between 2000 and 5000 people marched to Caledon Square led by Kgosana and…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… subsequently used as a market, and now known as Farewell Square. July, A second party under Francis Farewell arrived … Henry Cloete. 1843 Durban’s first…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… Tabor Technikon Hector Peterson Memorial Jabavu Methodist Church Jabavu Swimming Pool Jomo Sono's House Kaizer Motaung … Power Park Protea Polize Street*…
Mission Stations - A-F
… two well-built houses, three of four indifferent ones, a church and a number of huts, lies scattered amongst a cluster … clay-hut thatched with straw, which…
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… were usually administered under the auspices of an English Church Society where English was used as a medium of … Hill Convent was opened in 1871 by the…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… today the school is thoroughly English. The Dutch Reformed Church originally played a very important role in the … capital were Christians and members of the…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… and Coloured people from exercising equal rights in both Church and State, and the official language was Dutch. The … and by 1893 the white population…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing of Memories' at the South African … on 1972 paper by the Rt. Rev. Ambrose…
ArticleThe missionaries
… as the most effective tool in the outreach of the church. In April 1830, the Reverend William Shaw, Director of … schools. In the 1930s, Missionaries from…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… Larry Kaufmaan who granted permission to use the Catholic Church as a meeting place every Wednesday. At political … grew in Natal in the 1980s, members of…
Glossary: Local History
… who are living at the same time. Hectare An area of 10 000 square metres. Hominid Humans and human-like creatures. …
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… content. Reverend H.R. Ngcayiya – President Ethiopian Church and he was elected Deputy Chaplain Sam Makgatho – Vice … organiser and founding member…
Afrikaner
… from the Protestant practices of the 17th century Reformed Church of Holland. Other religious influences in South Africa … to South Africa by French settlers…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… from the Wesleyan Methodist denomination and joins the Church of God and Saints of Christ, which is run by African … claims to be the prophet of the African…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… to the catechism (all teachers were licensed by the church and state). Few burghers were well read and books were … although more so in the rural areas. In…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… Langa and Nyanga to the police headquarters in Caledon Square. The protesters offered themselves up for arrest for …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… turned them away, but they sang 'Nkosi Sikele i'Afrika' in Church Square in Pretoria in solidarity and mourning. Albertina was … order, without house arrest…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… NEUF. He is taken to the police station at Market Square, charged and released on his own recognisance. He … 000 people attend this meeting at the…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… was a separate building, near the Carlton Centre. Marshall Square was in Marshall Street, and not in present-day Gandhi Square. Great website, very…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… evangelist, broke away from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of God and Saints of Christ, a small church based in the United States of…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… The Sahara Covering a surface area of 9.4 million square kilometres, the Sahara Desert is the largest sand … century AD. Lalibela is famous for its churches,…
ArticleEOAN Group
… Bizet’s Carmen. One of their stand out works was The Square by Stanley Glasser, a local composer. It was the first …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… Lenin's body was embalmed and placed in Moscow's Red Square. His supporters, attempting to develop a personality …
Doing Oral History
… project 4: Why is there a split in the Nazareth Baptist church (Kwa Shembe)? Phase : Further education and training … named by Isaiah Shembe, prophet and…
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… in Amsterdam in the Netherlands gathered together in Dam Square. [8] There they protested against gender-based … 200 South Africans in America took to the…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… numbers prompted them to call a larger meeting at Market Square on 4 August. About 1000 miners attended the mass … Thursday afternoon as part of a sympathy…