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From: "Editor" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Shape of "new" RSA
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:36:13 +0200
References: <sfaf59c9.091@cs-emo.csir.co.za>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Brown" <>
To: <>
Sent: 10 November 2003 09:26
Subject: Re: [ZA] Shape of "new" RSA


> Hi Maureen,
> The new name for Voortrekkerhoogte is Thaba Tshwane.
>
> Pat
>
> >>> "Editor" <> 10/11/2003 09:10:19 >>>
> Part of Verwoerdburg was Lyttelton back in the 1950s when I started
> primary
> school there (we lived in nearby Kloofsig), was named Verwoerdburg in,
> I
> think, the 1960s, & has since reverted to Lyttelton. Hasn't the overall
> area
> that Verwoerdburg encompassed been named Centurion? I may be wrong...
>
> Now help me with this one: Roberts Heights (named after Lord Roberts
> of
> SA-AB War fame) was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte probably also in the
> 1960s &
> now has a new name, which I can never remember. As far as I know, the
> airforce base alongside has always been called Waterkloof & remains
> so.
>
> Oh, BTW, at Bookdealers in Melville the other day, I came across a
> title
> "The New South Africa". Guess when it was published? 1901 -- SA seems
> to
> keep on reinventing itself! In 1910, 1948, 1994...
>
> Regards
> Maureen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: 10 November 2003 12:41
> Subject: [ZA] Shape of "new" RSA
>
>
> > Dear Maureen
> > I am not sure about Nelson Mandela Metropolis, I read different
> things
> > in different sites. Probably only the council but wanting to change
> the
> > place. Although new I think it may affect genealogy, especially
> those
> > who come in after the changes and have not seen the link. I am
> thinking
> > of names of places, Verwoerdburg, for instance, I know it had
> another
> > name before but what? Yet that happened when i was young. Sometimes
> one
> > can find it because someone has put it in under both old and new
> names
> > but what if they do not wanting to be PC.
> >
> > I knew I was being taught one sided history at school, mind you that
> was
> > easy being in Bloemfontein and having a father from England, I was
> told
> > both sides.
> >
> > In New Zealand it is social studies in year 9 and 10, then one can
> take
> > Geography or History as optional subjects. In primary school topics
> are
> > studied and one that my son did in year 2 was to study Christchurch
> at
> > the turn of the century, and what grandparents or great-grandparents
> did
> > at that time. They played the games, sang the songs, dressed up,
> were
> > taught lessons as if living at the turn of the century. This topic
> was
> > over 2 weeks, it was great. In year 7 another son studied World War
> 11
> > particularly the women, they interviewed people who had lived
> through
> > it, read books, wrote stories. Genealogy is used as well, but not
> until
> > year 5 or later. My youngest at 7 is already interested in
> genealogy,
> > geography and history, more so than most his age.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Sarah
> >
> >
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