17-473: The David Webster House is at 13 Eleanor Street in Troyeville and it is important not only because this is where the anti-apartheid activist David Webster lived but it is also where he was killed by a government assassin. The house is still in private ownership but it is decorated to commemorate his life. David Webster was a Zambian who came to South Africa to study and to become an anthropologist. Whilst he
34-465: A football stadium. The message reads: 26°12′1″S 28°4′24″E / 26.20028°S 28.07333°E / -26.20028; 28.07333 Troyeville Troyeville is a suburb of Johannesburg , South Africa . It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg CBD , with the suburbs of New Doornfontein , Bertrams and Lorentzville to the north, Fairview to
51-556: A position it still holds today as Gauteng Province. In 1994, after the fall of apartheid , the former provinces were abolished, and the Transvaal ceased to exist. The south-central portion (including the PWV) became Gauteng , the northern portion became Limpopo and the southeastern portion became Mpumalanga . Most of the North West came from the southwestern portion of the old Transvaal, and
68-584: A tiny segment of the Transvaal joined KwaZulu-Natal . Even before 1994, the Transvaal Province was subdivided into regions for a number of purposes (such as municipal and district courts, and sporting divisions). These divisions included Northern Transvaal (present-day Limpopo and Pretoria), Eastern Transvaal (currently Mpumalanga ), Western Transvaal (currently part of North West Province ) and Southern Transvaal (now Gauteng Province, but which also includes Pretoria). The Transvaal province lay between
85-524: The David Webster House . The front of the house is decorated to celebrate his life and his murder for his beliefs. Laërskool Johan Rissik was an Afrikaans language primary school . It included a junior school for kindergarten and first grade and a senior school for students from grades 2 to 5. The junior school was on what was then Kitchener Street (now Albertina Sisulu Road) and the senior school adjoining that street and Pretoria Street. The school
102-658: The Golden Lions (formerly Transvaal ) formed in 1889. The Orlando Pirates Football Club was founded in 1937 and was originally based in Orlando, Soweto and Kaizer Chiefs were founded in January 1970. In the same year, Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. originated from Marabastad, a cosmopolitan area north west of the Pretoria CBD in the early 1960s. Cricket teams from the former Transvaal include Transvaal (later Gauteng ) which represented
119-744: The Vaal River in the south, and the Limpopo River in the north, roughly between 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 27 + 1 ⁄ 2 S, and 25 and 32 E. To its south it bordered with the Orange Free State and Natal provinces, to its west were the Cape Province and the Bechuanaland Protectorate (later Botswana ), to its north Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe ), and to its east Portuguese East Africa (later Mozambique ) and Swaziland . Except on
136-687: The South African landscape. Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census. The province was divided into a number of sporting teams. These teams were renamed after the Transvaal became defunct, however their traditional territories have remained unchanged in many cases, even though they overlap the boundaries of the Transvaal's successor provinces. Examples of this include the Blue Bulls (formerly Northern Transvaal ), which governs rugby in Pretoria (now part of Gauteng) and Limpopo Province, and
153-583: The bulk of the old South African Republic after the Second Boer War , became the Transvaal Province in the new union. Half a century later, in 1961, the union ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations and became the Republic of South Africa . The PWV (Pretoria- Witwatersrand - Vereeniging ) conurbation in the Transvaal, centred on Pretoria and Johannesburg , became South Africa's economic powerhouse,
170-512: The plots of land were being sold for an average price of £30. Mohandas Gandhi lived in Troyeville from a period between 1904 and 1906, with the house still in existence at 11 Albermarle Street. The oldest Baptist church in South Africa is in Troyeville dating from 1897 when it was started by missionaries. An anti-apartheid activist David Webster lived on Eleanor Street at what is now called
187-603: The south and Kensington to its east. The main road through the suburb is Albertina Sisulu Road , which connects the CBD to Johannesburg's eastern suburbs and towns of the East Rand . It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality . Troyeville was founded as the gold rush happened and people tried to build homes and churches away from the centre of mining. The suburb
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#1732873605715204-521: The south-west, these borders were mostly well defined by natural features. Several Bantustans were entirely inside the Transvaal: Venda , KwaNdebele , Gazankulu , KaNgwane and Lebowa . Parts of Bophuthatswana were also in the Transvaal, with other parts in Cape Province and Orange Free State . Within the Transvaal lies the Waterberg Massif , a prominent ancient geological feature of
221-481: Was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid . The name "Transvaal" refers to the province's geographical location to the north of the Vaal River . Its capital was Pretoria , which was also the country's executive capital. In 1910, four British colonies united to form the Union of South Africa . The Transvaal Colony , which had been formed out of
238-506: Was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farm Doornfontein . The land was purchased by Hollanders, Van Boeschoten and Lorentz. Their land was surveyed by Gustav Arthur Troye and is named after this surveyor. The survey did not take into count the contours of the land and hence there are steep slopes in the suburb. The street names all have Netherlands origins. During 1895,
255-631: Was in South Africa his friend Neil Aggett was killed whilst in police custody. Webster formed the Detainees Parent Support Committee . He also joined the United Democratic Front and other anti-apartheid organisations. This activism was compounded when he witnessed the authorities covertly smuggling weapons into the country from Mozambique . He set up house at 13 Eleanor Street where he lived with his partner Maggie Friedman. When Webster returned from shopping on 1 May 1989 he
272-508: Was killed by Ferdi Barnard with a shotgun under a contract from the government sponsored covert Civil Co-operation Bureau . Barnard was caught in 1998 and sentenced to life sentences and 63 years. With the permission of the current owners the house has been decorated with designs made from tiles under the artistic guidance of Ilse Pahl , but the work has been done by a community of his friends. The design includes an outline of his daughter's hand, outstretched hands of friendship, local cattle and
289-505: Was named after the first administrator of the Transvaal , Johann Rissik. It closed on 3 December 1991. This Johannesburg -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Transvaal (province) The Province of the Transvaal ( Afrikaans : Provinsie van Transvaal ), commonly referred to as the Transvaal ( / ˈ t r ɑː n s v ɑː l , ˈ t r æ n s -/ ; Afrikaans: [ˈtransfɑːl] ),
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