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ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… used for the click sounds follow the Lepsius-Rhenish Mission Society-Bleek system developed in the 19th century. …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… away from home to become a pupil at the Church of Scotland Mission, where he studied English, Mathematics, the Bible and … In 1914, he was baptised Johnstone…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… Jordan was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana mission station in the Tsolo district of Pondoland. He did his education at Mbokothwana mission before…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… the Rev Robert Niven. He chose it as the site for his mission station, Uniondale, his aim being to preach the … little more than a few wattle and daub huts…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… and Madibogo.) The Church Of England Renovated this huge Mission abandoned in 1948, by the London Missionary Society - … Bamangwato , in 1906." Easy access…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… trying to turn Frontline States like Zimbabwe into police stations guarding its borders, the President of the ANC, …
PlaceUnited States Consulate, Cape Town
… in Cape Town serves as a branch of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to South Africa . It is located in the suburb of Westlake . They are the Mission’s…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… 1985. Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda, Angolawhile h e and his team were in a mission to find information on "hostile elements which …
EventScottish missionary, Robert Moffat arrives in Northern Cape
… had married in Cape Town at the end of 1819. In 1824, the mission station was moved to Seodin, in the valley of the … Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 228.|Visit…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… the congress attendants, Executive Director of the Leprosy Mission South Africa, Peter Laubscher, seemed to think that …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, was born at Mbokothwana Mission, Tsolo district, Transkei. After several years as …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… when Dr. Philip arrived as Superintendent of the London Mission, the Rev. Moffat was sent to establish the mission … and the baTaung. Soon afterwards four…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe: its role in the ANCs onsl
… we Sizwe's cadres; The failure of Umkhonto's armed mission. …
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… (IFP) politician, was born at Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission, Camperdown, Natal. Ngubane occupied many high …
EventEritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
… to the UN Secretary General. The UN approved an Observer Mission (UNOVER) to ratify Eritrean’s Referendum. Soon after … (Scarecrow Press), pp.523-524|Desta A…
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… An old Mission Station that takes its name from the nearby stream. … An old Mission Station that takes its name from the nearby stream. …
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… Ntshalintshali drew inspiration from her early years at mission school. She won numerous awards throughout her …
PlaceSlave Church Museum
… Street, Cape Town and is South Africa’s oldest indigenous mission church that still exists in its original structure. … require anentrance fee. The church…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in the former Natal and … in 1858 in the name of Jan Michiel…
PlaceKomatipoort
The original inhabitants of the region around Komatipoort were the Bushmen. Their paintings they have been discovered under rock ledges, that date back from a…
EventKuruman missionary Robert Moffat is born
… his wife Mary, an indispensible helpmate, carried on their mission work in the neighbourhood of Kuruman. The Moffats …
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… not the least in Cole's native country." Dangerous mission The son of a tailor and a laundry woman, Cole was … refusal to crop his images, Cole set out on a…
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… anyone who would become involved in such a suicidal mission. Returning to the armed struggle would disrupt …
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… Government. In 1849 Reverend Posselt established the mission station of Christiannenburg, named after his wife … and Clermont were bought by Bergtheil. In…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… government controlling television and radio broadcasting stations. The government also owns one of the only two daily …
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… by his older brother who sent him to a nearby Catholic mission where he was baptized in 1925. On 25 November, 1965, …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This mission was not without obstacles as on his way northwards …
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… in the founding of art initiatives such as the Cyrene Mission Station in Zimbabwe, Federated Union of Black …
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… she was too Black and she was then raised in an Anglican mission orphanage. She was granted Botswana citizenship in …
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… stone to colonialism, Kaggia returned to Kenya with a mission to Africanise religions. He started his own church, …