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… The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It seems … Mining Company. The 1875 census indicated that Concordia mission station had a population of 961. The railway line from Brakpits reached …

… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, … in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was a local hero. A red haired man who stood over 6 feet tall, he spent his …

… guests; Ladies and gentlemen; People of Uganda, It is a great honour to join you in celebrating the Independence … am very pleased to be able to say that Uganda's diplomatic mission in Pretoria will quite soon be matched by a South African diplomatic mission in Kampala. Thus will the warm relations between our …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … Judge. Song: "The Spark" ( 1st Verse) Scene 2 At the Mission School, we see how Ntombela is developing. … 1920. Ntombela in a miserable room. Since he left the mission school he has been to the mines and now he takes any …

… tell his story would to tell the story of the Builder of a Nation and the heroic efforts he made by military strength … 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 Wesleyan mission stations were established among different sections of the …

… Miloon Kothari, a United Nations (UN) housing expert, said most of those … it can get," he said in Geneva. He deplored what he called a "shocking" lack of pressure on Zimbabwe by the … recently that Mugabe's ruling party reacted angrily to a resolution passed by African lawmakers to send a delegation …

… Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in Mission Schools. 95 per cent africans are imprisoned under … bar, restrictions, discriminations at home. (Signed) A.B. Xuma President-General South African National Congress …

… and innovative research and education programmes with a particular emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science Museum is to acquire … mummy, Peten Amen.They are open to the public 363 days a year and admission is free!   Founded on July 23rd 1887, …

… Hendrik Witbooi was born into a prominent Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as … www.namibian.org    [Accessed: 28 October 2013]| Wallis, F. (2000).  Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar , …

… October 1881, Pixley ka Isaka Seme was born at the Inanda mission station in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African Native National … Congress (ANC) in 1923. The organisation was formed as a result of Black dissatisfaction with the South Africa Act …

… Swaziland is a small mountain kingdom neighboured by South Africa and … King Mswati III. But behind its picturesque beauty lie a few ugly truths. Here are five things you might not know … government controlling television and radio broadcasting stations. The government also owns one of the only two daily …

… A two-page handwritten letter in isiZulu on green paper, … Secondary School, Nyoni (Macambini), with "Bethel Mission" struck through and a "P.O. Box 104" correction. The family identifies the writer …

… unit evacuated successfully. According to sources this mission was part of an operation to confirm the existence of a large African National Congress (ANC) and South West … A South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is …

… the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign Parts established a mission station and lazaretto there, from that developed a government/public organisation, providing a 100 beds. They …

… A mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the … the Zambezi River on 31 July 1967 into Rhodesia. Their mission was twofold: the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) would embark on a long march home to South Africa, whilst some MK members …

… Gerard Bhengu was born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station at Centecow, Bulwer district in Southern … Bhengu's remarkable skill attracted wide attention from a largely white patronage. Despite the support of some of … that it would spoil and corrupt his 'natural' gift. As a Christian, he was a virtual outcast in terms of his own …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … and Bridglal Pachai Robert E. Somasundram was unhappy as a teacher and enquired in a letter dated 3 June 1891 whether … S.S. Umtata in April 1890. I was educated in the Wesleyan Mission College in Madras up to the university matriculation …

… the name was changed to honour Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a staunch French Huguenot who was killed in the Massacre of … in the mists of time and bypassed by modern life. In a way it has retained its “old world” character, but it hides a wealth of History and fascinating character. With the last …

… Zithulele Hospital is a 147 bed government-funded Hospital near Mqanduli, Eastern … serves a population of 130,000 people. Originally a Mission hospital, known as Zithulele Mission Hospital. It is situated in a deeply rural part of …

… About Mission & Values Projects Education & Internships Conferences … African History Online Established: 1998 (Registered as a Section 21 organisation in 2000) South African History … research and accessible storytelling. SAHO's Mission SAHO seeks to break the silence on our past and …

… of the South African Council of Churches(SACC) and housed a number of other progressive organisations. Van der Merwe … On the following day Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki said in a press statement; “At last we have been vindicated. The … Khotso House as an attack on the heart of the Church, its mission and being.” Click here for van der Merwe's TRC …

… Africans in different sections of the country. The other mission was to set up military bases, together with ZAPU …

… Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe who would become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert … age by his oldest brother. His earliest education was at a mission school in Graaf Reinet. After completing Standard 6 … 2012)| Shales M. ‘Robert Sobukwe – Robert Sobukwe: A Biography’ , from About African History , [online], …

… (Extract) We are gathered here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the people … the land of his birth - South Africa... He died whilst on a mission on behalf of our movement. Like those forces that …

… Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the … and Mozambique. He returned to South Africa in 1977 on a mission to help students commemorate the 1976 …

… Natal, who feared to lose its English identity in a predominantly Afrikaner state, favoured a federation. The Convention, on which the government and … to change the non-White franchise provisions, but the mission did not succeed in its purpose. The draft South …

… politicians in the Colony of Natal.  Initially he pursued a policy of moderation towards the Indians.  Escombe was in … Asiatics of the vote. In 1893, the Colony of Natal sent a deputation consisting of L. Mason and H.Binns to India to … Prime Minister of Natal stated that the object of their mission was to secure an increased recruitment of 15 000 …

… of the right to own land. Plaatje, known as Sol, came from a family that had been associated with Christian missions for … 15 when he was appointed as “pupil-teacher” at the Pniel mission station where he’d completed only three grades of … the mining town. The resident priest at the All Saints mission school described the pupils as being Cape Dutch [that …

… Oliver Kgadime(Phukubjane) Matsepe is a novelist and poet   who was twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi … on 22  March 1932. He received his education in various mission schools in Northrern Transvaal (now Limpopo) and was … church. For most of his adult life Matsepe worked as a clerk and interpreter for the Department of Bantu …