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ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… There were a few black schools run by missionaries and church groups, but many parents could not afford to send …
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… to the FF Ribeiro Clinic in ceremonies at the Sammy Marks Square. Prof. Ezekiel (Es'kia) Mphahlele was professor of …
Liberation organisations
… of Truth) Document. The Kairos document called for the church to stand up for the poor and the oppressed, and stand … impatience of the youth with the lack…
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… Authority (JAA) in November 1992 to administer the 300 square mile territory. The amicable resolution to this …
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… Johannesburg Security Police headquarters, John Vorster Square on 8 August 1982, found no-one criminally liable for …
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… Almost all of such BCP health projects were housed on church land. Church organisations assisted BCP with many of its programmes but BCP in turn assisted in…
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… to erect churches, whilst at the same time destroying many church buildings and church-run schools because they provided an alternative to … and others from…
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… Mr Andre Duvenhage, a police officer at John Vorster Square at the time, was one of the personnel who attended to …
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… was told by the Head of Interrogation at John Vorster Square, Major Arthur Cronwright that the Security Police …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… artillery bombarded the strikers' stronghold at Fordsburg Square and in the afternoon, it fell to the government. … possession of loot. (to read about the…
PlaceRustenburg
… Pretoria, as the Boer Capital, its role as the centre of Church activity grew. After the installation of Dirk van der Hoff and the establishment of the Dutch…
PlaceStellenbosch, Western Cape
… kind in South Africa! Close to Market Street is the Town Square, known as 'Die Braak'. The Braak (Village green) in … across on the Northern side of the…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… Private Bag X236, PRETORIA, 0001 Street address: 698 Church Street East, Arcadia, PRETORIA Telephone: +27 (0)12 - …
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… Frank Harold (Sam) C Canitz, George Paul Carter, Sydney Church, Freda Cole, Philip Tennyson Cork, Denis Santry Bom …
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… and towns. A mass meeting of over 15 000 people at the Red Square in Durban was addressed by Dr Naicker. After the …
Mission Stations - I-L
… of worship, in which some of the elders of the Kat River church generally conduct the services". KATZENBERG, Cape: … in our little house in Kchalatlolu was…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… and founder of the Dove branch of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, was born … Lekganyane, the founder of the original…
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… of 25,200,000 cubic metres, and a surface Area of 3.572 square kilometres. The Albasini Dam was built in 1952 and was …
The French Revolution
… were the clergy (those working for the Roman Catholic Church, like priests and monks) and the aristocracy (or … to pay higher and higher taxes to both the…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… Pather had purchased the property from the Dutch Reformed Church on 17 December 1942. By 13 March 1943 PR had paid …
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
… Howard who led the garden city movement) and Central Square. Central Square is neighbour to the closely situated Dutch Reformed, …
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… order application, they would be confined to Beyers Naude Square for the duration of their march. For us this is the …
ArchiveArchbishop Burnett puts the record straight
… Archbishop Burnett from the Church of the Province of Southern Africa detailing three attacks on the Church by the Minister of Police, the Media and the…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… fought entirely by the Cape Corps was called the Battle of Square Hill, fought against the Turks. The battle of Square Hill was fought entirely by the Cape…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… 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…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… to apartheid mushroomed in the area, especially civic and church bodies and trade unions. By 1991, after the unbanning … opposed to apartheid. Bishop Kevin…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… is CLOSED for the forseeable future, is situated in Market Square and designed in the Victorian Gothic style, has been …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… in an old hardware store on the edge of the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication next to the upmarket Soweto Hotel & …
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Raphael, the Berrio, …
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… 123 White ministers and theologians of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) family issued a statement in which apartheid in…