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BiographyMohammed Tikly
… level in Pretoria. He is also a trustee of the Desmond Tutu Diversity Trust, which aims to highlight the importance … at Fort Hare University and is a…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… means of the Church Order, the Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) remained the State Church, but all religious … under the control of the 'Council of…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… tended to take two possible routes. The first was the response: “How on earth could you do it?” The second was more … not to judge others.” Leftwich seems to…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… erudite Christian doctrine on the other…” (Villa-Vicencio, 1996). After wrestling with these ideas Huddleston came to … such a way as to relate naturally…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… Algemene Kerkvergadering van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk (General Church Meeting of the Reformed Church) in … signed up as members of a new church, the…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. In response to the new apartheid legislation and the bannings, … the ANC National Executive on 17 June 1951 to…
BiographyAli Bacher
… to meet Steve Tshwete. "Who's he?" was Bacher's immediate response. Two days later, though, Bacher was in Mdantsane …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… 124), isolating that which ultimately provokes a violent response to the system. In A Walk in the Night the main …
PlaceRustenburg
… the Netherlands. After approval from the Gereformeerde Kerk Synod in Leiden, he left for South Africa, arriving in … the two Historic Churches in the…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to Meadowlands…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… not want a principal who was so openly against racism. In response to this Dudley stated: The government in this …
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) family issued a statement in which apartheid in church … away to form their own right wing…
BiographySally Gross
… order. In the same year, the Soweto Riots took place. In response, Gross wrote a draft programme which included an …
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a family staunchly opposed to apartheid. Her father, a lawyer, worked in the…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… being elected Cape Town’s first black woman mayor from 1996 to 1998, after serving as deputy mayor the previous … and charged for various political offences…
BiographyStephanie Kemp
… not agree with the party's insistence on a non - violent response to increasing state repression. As the government …
Learning about local history through pictures
… historical places like the Old Slave Lodge Museum, Groote Kerk (the oldest church in South Africa) and the Company …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Tweetoring Kerk , The Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was … known amongst citizens of Bloemfontein as the Tweetoring Kerk…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Minister Jan Smuts on 18 April 1944. The agreement was in response to the Pegging Act and it established a licensing … by a European before 22 March 1944…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… a lenient punishment, this first experience of the state’s response to dissent would make real his father’s refrain that …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… with D. D. T. Jabavu to formulate a co-ordinated black response to segregation. Although he was unable to turn this …
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
… College School (SACS) was inaugurated at the Groote Kerk, giving impetus to the formation of the first school in … be used to establish SACS. A committee…
ArchiveFormer SACC President condemns Inter-church meeting called by NGK
… inter-church meetings called by Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk and an open letter to Desmond Tutu. …
ArchiveWhere are the black NG churches moving to
… about the development of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk after African ministers publically denounced apartheid. …
Liberation organisations
… in South Africa. Its leaders have included Desmond Tutu , Beyers Naudé and Frank Chikane . In the SACC, the … an activist in the USA in the 1960s. In 1986,…
Black Renaissance Convention
… under the auspices of ASSECA, S.A. Council of Churches, NG Kerk in Africa, Christian Academy and the Roman Catholic …
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… The architects of the ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’, which was completed in 1905, were J.G. Kraan and J.B. … 1992-1997: Ds. G. van Staden 1998-2000: Ds. P…