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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I presented this story at the Valentine's Day Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebration on the lawns of Northwards and thought Heritage Portal readers would also enjoy this South African story of love, endurance and resilience against the backdrop of the Second World War. It was one of seven presented at this event.
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Built in 1907, after the proclamation by the crown government that all state schools are to be taught in English. The school started in the basement of the “Klip Kerk”. The land was donated by Mr FJ Bezuidenhout, of De Rust. Theodor Amadeus Heinrich Donges was the first headmaster. There is a plaque honouring the “Heidelbergers” who died in the 2nd Anglo Boer war at the entrance to the hall.