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ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… of them, French's drive enters the south-eastern ZAR (Transvaal). 31 January, Mrs Isie Smuts, wife of Gen. J.C. … refuse to work for the British - are…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… at a time when the South African Republic of the Transvaal was practically bankrupt and, in a desperate … Preez’s discovery, the northern and eastern regions…
ArticleTswana
… the Tswana settled in what was known as the Western Transvaal. They were divided into two main groups: the … mid-nineteenth century, Afrikaners, newly…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… Albertina was still incarcerated, the UDF section in the Transvaal held its Regional Executive Committee Elections and … her election by the vice-president…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… Herman Eugene Schoch (1862- 1947), Surveyor General of the Transvaal, there are manuscripts pertaining to his father … interesting information on South…
EventThe Big Three are convicted of treason
… secretary, Molefe, national secretary, and Chikane, Transvaal Provincial secretary, together with more than … means. They were trialed in Delmas, Eastern…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… to cripple the advance of Smith-Dorrien into the eastern Transvaal. According to oral tradition Smith-Dorrien's march … on the Boer side the British advance…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… of Cecil John Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal the Transvaal Republic. Despite reaching this conclusion, very …
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… as son of Jariam Singh, a former president of the Transvaal Indian Association. In 1913 he was one of the … of my prison-life, Biography of Mahatma Gandhi,…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in … TUC acronym. The University of Pretoria, into which the…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… daily prayers. The mosque was formally established on 03 November 1854, when Slamdien signed over the property to …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… from poor Afrikaner families, policemen and priests in the Transvaal province and (after 1921) Afrikaans teachers who … a parliamentary democracy. Initially…
EventWits attains full university status
… Kimberley in 1896 and transferred to Johannesburg as the Transvaal Technical Institute in 1904. The Institute became the Transvaal University College in 1906…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of … by Z. K. Mahabane. Makgatho remained…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… the war ends, he stays on and settles in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province) where he works as a lawyer. … at Tamposstad near Zeerust in the…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… from other Indians. Source: Gov. P.S. 15/12/06, vol. 951, Transvaal Archives. The humble memorial of the undersigned Parsees, residing at Johannesburg,…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… Tomorrow (Sunday), fifteen Resisters will cross over the Transvaal border without permits in defiance of the … territorial boundaries of that country."…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… Medupe Writers' Association Natal Youth Organisation Transvaal Youth Organisation Western Cape Youth Organisation …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… a State of Emergency in parts of the Eastern Cape and the Transvaal that would be extended to the entire country a year …
ArticleThe House in session
… four were accepted at Indian schools throughout the then Transvaal (Desai, 1996). …
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in Johannesburg, … TUC acronym. The University of Pretoria, into…
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… his death Percy Fitzpatrick travelled to the Eastern Transvaal, where he worked as a journalist to support his … Bushveld, largely based on his experience in…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… a very representative miners' conference was called by the Transvaal Provincial Committee of the African National … B. Marks, who soon thereafter was elected…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… and Administrator of the Orange River Colony and of the Transvaal. In South Africa, Duncan was appointed as colonial secretary for the Transvaal. He held…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… City was named after). Then becoming: the Capital of the Transvaal in 1860; administrative capital of South Africa in … , the High Commissioner for South…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… he got a teaching post at Berlin School and joined the Transvaal African Teachers` Association (TATA). Bopape … "No Bopape, No School" in August 1944!…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… of witchcraft killings began to sweep through the Northern Transvaal. This phenomenon took place against the backdrop of … conspiring to limit the power of…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… that have been placed upon our fellow kinsmen in the Transvaal and O.R.C.; to protest against the curtailment of … departure from British tradition has taken…