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… Colonial Government’s Works Department , drew up plans for a new Post Office building in Keetmanshoop. Although … proclaimed a National Monument on 2 February 1987. Rhenish Mission Society played an important part in the development … Dr Carl Hugo Hahn had requested the Society to establish a Mission Station here. The erection of the first Church was …

… Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in … of public broadcasting from state controlled radio stations collectively known as Radio Bantu. It is inevitable that artists whose songs were aired on radio stations had to be approved by the authorities. This form of …

… He claimed to be a different kind of soldier and promised not to hang on to … It is a country where the press is suppressed; the radio stations are forced to be a mere distraction, and to … and all dissenting voices that that could perturb its mission of building a subjugated country. In the 2000s, …

… work under extremely brutal conditions. He pretended to be a labourer and investigated the conditions of farm workers in … a threat to the Bophuthatswana Government. The St Joseph's mission, situated just outside Phokeng, falling in South … farms in 1988 and were accommodated near the St Joseph's Mission. Five years after the people settled there, the …

… On 1 February 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the Internal … unit within the police force and this had resulted in a constant outcry from the communities and political … the community at a local level. The police at local police stations had often been held responsible  for the actions of …

… In 1912 Enoch Mgjimia , a lay preacher and independent evangelist, broke away from … He came to an agreement with the local Shiloh Mission Station, which allowed him to host the event on their … because one of his followers had broken one of the mission station’s rules, which decreed that only evangelists …

… "Suurbraak lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial centre is left largely alone." This Village was … in 1812, when the London Missionary Society established a mission station to serve the Khoikhoi. Suurbraak was known as …

… Ugie is a Town in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality , in the … , 21km South-West of Maclear . It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg , established in 1863 by William …

… Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese … silks and other luxuries from India. At the time there was a shortage of gold and rumours were spreading that there were … At first, the Portuguese established trading stations along the west coast of Africa rather than permanent …

… establishment of its kind in southern Africa, embodying a new concept of educational work among young African women. Mission institutions in the Cape such as Lovedale already … of amakholwa - 'believers clustered around mission stations all over Natal, that a well-to-do peasantry emerged …

… and white poster. Notice of SRC referendum. Artwork of a scroll with pen and ink at bottom. List of Polling Stations, Roving ballot takers and residences. …

… the Fish River their temporary boundary line. He occupied a stretch of territory south of the Fish River, known as the … having finally received permission to establish a mission station near him at the Tyhume River. This paved the … he was able to point out to the Government that: "Mission stations are the most efficient agents to promote the …

… of the Society in order. Cory and others present him as a political mischief-maker who created trouble between the … with them he kept directly in contact, as well as with the Mission headquarters in London. At a later stage in his … received official and semi-official reports from mission stations as far a field as Bechuanaland; he corresponded not …

… National Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR) is a network of Christian individuals, congregations and … reconciliation and peace in South Africa. Its stated mission is to bring reconciliation and peace in South Africa. … under the umbrella of Christianity, NIR organised a national day of prayer throughout South Africa to encourage …

… River, in Basutoland, and beyond the Vaal River, presents a complicated picture. Here the missionaries played an … Rev. Robert Moffat went this way to set up an important mission station at Kuruman among the baTlhaping in … the Rev. Anderson and the Rev. Kramer to set up mission stations which became the nuclei of settled communities under …

… Act, 90% of black South African schools were state-aided mission schools. The Act demanded that all such schools … control was centralized in the Bantu Education Department, a body dedicated to keeping it separate and inferior. Almost all the mission schools closed down. The Roman Catholic Church was …

… and his mother abandoned him. He was forced to work from a young age in order to help support the family. He began selling apples and peanuts at soccer games and train stations. …

… in 1886, but the story that led up to its opening started a long time before. Perhaps the story goes back as far as … occupied the Cape of Good Hope . It was from the Methodist Mission Station, in KwaZulu Natal that Methodism came to … Provinces. In 1880 the Rev. Owen Watkins started a “Trial Mission” in the Transvaal which was based in Pretoria (now …

… agreement: 1. The parties agree to address, through a process of negotiations, the idea of Afrikaner self-determination, including the concept of a Volkstaat. 2. The parties further agree that in the … district, and 4.1.2 wherever practical the polling stations as indicated by the parties to, and agreed to by, …

… complaints about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. De Klerk approved a recommendation by the Independent Electoral Commission …

… Ottery was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from … on fire on the train between Ottery and Southfield stations just after 9am. Spokesperson Theo Layne said: "One … were requested to operate between the Ottery and Wetton stations and the line was temporarily closed, which could …

… means continuous rain. 1820s Shaka , the Zulu king, allows a small party of English traders to found a small settlement … Grout from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission arrive at Dingane's capital. Rev. Aldin Grout begins … (LPSA). February, The then Minister of Native Affairs, H.F. Verwoerd draws up a proclamation that will give him the …

… first weather forecast for the Union of South Africa as a whole was issued by A.G. Howard of the Union Weather Service from the branch … simultaneous meteorological observations from a network of stations undertaken on an international basis.   …

… slave trade on slaves -       What it was like to be a plantation slave in the American South o   Slave culture in … other slaves to escape o   The story of John Brown and his mission to abolish slavery   ·         The impact of the …

… of liberation movements have been selected to gain a deeper understanding of South African History. These key … passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves available for … Act, 90% of black South African schools were state-aided mission schools. The Act demanded that all such schools …

… Three people died and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar on the Durban beach. An ANC's … was a campaign at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places frequented by police. McBride was caught … here to read Robert McBride's chronology   Source: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, …

… Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured' South African, an identity he describes as “the half-caste community that was a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.” … “ Blacks have no powerful press, control no broadcasting stations, sit in no parliaments of the world, and therefore …

… influenced by where and how she grew up. Johannesburg was a growing city in the 1930s. The discovery of gold on the … in the late nineteenth century caused something of a boomtown that would become Johannesburg. The city was tied … protests were gatherings of peaceful activists at police stations, offering themselves for imprisonment for not …

… of all the people. People didn't own land. The chief of a village would allow people to use land for crops and … and lived among the local people. They set up permanent mission stations. Missionaries learnt local languages to talk to …

… retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising after he had tried to boycott … pleas for free political activity in Bophuthatswana, a member of the anti-election Freedom Alliance. His stance … Corporation, shutting down 3 radio and 2 television stations. He then sought armed support from the Afrikaner …