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29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… published in the Staats Courant of 26 April 1899, the Transvaal Government announced its intention to proceed with … viz, the whole status of the British…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… subdue Sekhukhune came after the British Annexation of the Transvaal (April, 1877). When the Transvaal was annexed, Sekhukhune's country was included …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… there were also other successful MK units, including the Transvaal Urban Machinery’s G5 and other units, and other … 1981 simultaneous attacks on power…
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). …
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."…
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…
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…
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!…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… case of all other gold discoveries made previously in the Transvaal, deposits had invariably proved to have a short … Prior to the discovery of the Main Reef…