In the article below, Jaco Mattheyse explores the history behind a well-known Krugersdorp landmark: the old Police Station on Commissioner Street. He begins by unpacking the social and political landscape of the town in the 1890s.
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The houses on 73 and 75 Fenter Street became the “Goede-hoop-koshuis” of the “Volkskool”. This was to supplement the orphanage and private home boarding. By the end of 1911 there were 32 pupils accommodated here, 16 girls in the old orphanage and 38 pupils in private lodgings. Mr Cronjé was the first house father, who eventually became the principle of “Volkskool”.