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… Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African … Marthinus Wessel Pretorius …

… Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was born on 27 November 1798 near  Graaff-Reinet … in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the interior before he decided to take … King Dingane  following a failed land exchange agreement. Pretorius had advanced to a position of Commandant-General in …

… Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius …

… Bantjes was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who … and on being appointed secretary to Comdt.-Gen. Andries Pretorius, he kept the Journal of the 'Winkommando', a … the later presidents  Paul Kruger  and  Marthinus Wessel Pretorius  received their first education from him. He died …

… when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined Kruger and Pretorius to take up arms against the British. He led the …

… to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded him as … on 16 December 1838 , 470 Voortrekkers, led by  Andries Pretorius , defeated an estimated 10,000 Zulu attackers on … so they agreed to help him. In January 1840 Andries Pretorius with a commando of 400 burghers helped Mpande in …

… He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars and was a wealthy sheep farmer when, like many other Dutch farmers at … Sir Harry Smith annexed the Orange Free State and Andries Pretorius, Potgieter's rival, gathered a commando to help the … part in politics because he was so far away. This gave Pretorius the opportunity to take the lead with Potgieter's …

… the Voortrekkers and the Zulu, including the killing of a number of trekkers in the encampments along the Bloukrans … to have an interest in politics, and accompanied Andries Pretorius to the signing of the Sand River Convention in … when there was conflict between the government lead by Pretorius, and the anti- state faction lead by Schoeman. In …

… on 15 October 1983 from the University of Swaziland with a Bachelor in Administration (B.Admin) degree in Social … and disappearance, Wellem Hellem Johannes Coetzee, Anton Pretorius, Mong, Williams and Ross. In the TRC a former … The TRC further awarded amnesty to the other four men (Pretorius, Mong, Williams and Ross) for torturing her. Thus …

… where he remained until 1845 when he graduated with a Masters degree. The same year he went to Utrecht the … studies. In 1848 at the age of nineteen he experienced a conversion to Christianity. He returned to the Cape in 1848 … through the advice he gave to his father’s friend Andries Pretorius. In 1856 Murray played a significant role in the …

… His father, Thaniachallam Kistnasamy Naicker, worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy  attended the Felixton … Duncan Innes, Neville Curtis , Horst Kleinschmidt , Paul Pretorius, Rob Davies and others. Kistnasamy later met Steve …

… Town, in the early 1920s, where he found employment as a labourer at a wholesaler. In 1924, he married Francina Pretorius, who was also from Ladybrand. Francina’s mother was …

… Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child, Semenya went to live with her grandmother, Maputhi … 800m Senior and Junior South African records held by Zelda Pretorius at 1:58.85, and Zola Budd at 2:00.90, respectively. …

… royal homestead from Nobamba in the emaKhosini valley to a new inland location which he called Mgungundlovu from which … news in stunned silence. The warriors were promised peace, a life of ease and the enjoyment of their booty. Furthermore, … of Blood River . Led by new Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius , a Voortrekker commando went to Mgungundlovu to …

… left the Cape Colony in the Great Trek. He was considered a model leader by the Afrikaners. Early life Brand was born … on 6 December 1823. He was the son of Christoffel J Brand, a journalist and a parliamentarian who was a member of the … the Orange Free State in 1863 after the death of Marthinus Pretorius, and he officially took power on 2 February 1864 to …

… Introduction Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between … in all of them being banned. Sheila Lapinsky, Paul Pretorius, Clive Keegan, Chris Wood, and Philip le Roux were … Natal, as an observer and as a delegate from SASO. Paul Pretorius proposed a motion that NUSAS recognise SASO “as the …