Dr Love 20

Lovedale was a mission station and educational institute in the Victoria East division of the Cape Province, South Africa (now in Eastern Cape Province). It lies 1720 feet above sea level on the banks of the Tyhume (Chumie) tributary of the Keiskama river, some 2 miles north of Alice.

Foundation
The station was founded in 1824 by the Glasgow Missionary Society and was named after Dr John Love, one of the leading members of, and at the time secretary to, the society. The site first chosen was in the Ncera valley, but in 1834 the mission buildings were destroyed by natives. On rebuilding, the station was removed somewhat farther north to the banks of the Tyumhe. In 1846 the work at Lovedale was again interrupted, this time by the War of the Axe. On this occasion the buildings were converted into a fort and garrisoned by regular troops. Once more, in 1850, the natives threatened Lovedale and made an attack on the neighbouring Fort Hare, built during the previous war.

Until 1841 the missionaries had devoted themselves almost entirely to evangelistic work; in that year the Lovedale Missionary Institute was founded by Edward Govan, who, save for brief intervals, continued at its head until 1870. He was then succeeded by the Rev. James Stewart (1831-1905), who had joined the mission in 1867, having previously (1861-1863), and partly in company with David Livingstone, explored the Zambezi regions.

Jemmy Squaretoes 19

The title of the book is wrong: the correct title is SOUTH Africa A planned tour by AW Wells 1939. On p248 is George Russel's description of the public hanging of "a Hottentot woman named Flatta and three natives" for the murder of Jemmy Squaretoes in Durban in the 1850's.

http://books.google.co.za/books?id=LDfXTZsQvwsC&pg=PA378&lpg=PA378&dq=%22jemmy+Squaretoes%22&source=bl&ots=jMfctKMSb5&sig=K9uCmu1iSPj_h8F04mnFnrXafuw&hl=en&ei=NGukS6yUO4H0-QbptaXgBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jemmy%20Squaretoes%22&f=false

The intention of Byrne's scheme was to settle immigrants in rural areas, e.g. Richmond and the Byrne valley near Pietermaritzburg. John Clark was entitled to an allocation of eighty acres of land in the Richmond District, but did not claim those rights: eventually, in 1863, he transferred the property to a David Taylor.8 Instead, John settled in Durban, and by 1852 he was established as a carpenter, wheelwright and wagonmaker at premises at "5 Block E Pine Terrace" - now known as Pine Street.9 His brother in law, Thomas Cooper, carried on the business of a joiner, cabinetmaker, and carpenter at the same address. A note found in the Killie Campbell Museum states, that "Mr. John Clark it was who put up the first gallows for the hanging of Jimmy (sic) Squaretoes".10 The note is obviously not entirely accurate, since Squaretoes was the victim, not the perpetrator, of the murder. However since the hanging of Jemmy Squaretoes' five murderers was indeed the first in Durban, and the gallows used were therefore the first to be constructed in the town, the note is probably correct in all other respects. A description of the circumstances surrounding the murder, and of the hanging, appears in George Russell's "A History of Durban", but no mention is made of the identity of the constructor of the gallows.11 The editions of "The Natal Mercury" which reported the trial and the hanging make no mention of the carpenter's identity either! In view of the number of Clark offspring, albeit the offspring of his brother William, who subsequently became involved in the legal profession in Durban, the early involvement of a Clark in the administration of justice might perhaps be regarded as something of an omen!

http://www.theclarksofclarkroad.com/papers_book9.html


THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN DETECTIVES - HATTERSLEY, Alan F... Durban's First Policeman; The Jemmy Squaretoes Muder; The First Detective Department, etc. Index. Hardcover First Edition 1960 Cape Town Howard Timmins.

Claire Emary 18

http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_It_Straight_and_Simple_Party

Alexander Selkirk 17

Robinson Crusoe.

Tippoo Tib 16

Tippu Tip or Tib (1837 - June 14, 1905), real name Hamad bin Muḥammad bin Jumah bin Rajab bin Muḥammad bin Sa‘īd al-Murgabī, was a Swahili-Zanzibari trader, notorious slaver, plantation owner and governor. Working for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar, he led many trading expeditions into east-central Africa, sometimes involving the slave trade and ivory. He constructed profitable trading posts that reached deep into Central Africa.

"It is said that even the notorious slave-dealer Tippoo Tib paid him deference and suspended his operations whenever Livingstone was in his neighbourhood. (South Africa, A.W Wells, 1939, p112)

Bill Mentoor: 15

Not one of the cases that the
Truth Commission listened to in
Queenstown gave any indication of the
unusual extent of the horror in the town.
Queenstown
is unique. It is known
as the Necklace Capital of the World. In
August 1985 the first person to be necklaced,
Bill Mentoor, was killed because
he ignored a consumer boycott instigated
by the ANC Youth League. It is
thought that 39 necklace murders took
place here over the next four years —
more than nine a year, almost one a
month…while in the great majority of
South African towns such a thing never
happened.
Nozibele Madubedube testifies on two
murders in her family. Later I run into
her in one of the side rooms of the
Q u e e n s t o w n
City Hall, crying.
‘The Truth
C o m m i s s i o n
treated me like
dirt.
Commissioner
Bongani Finca
kept on asking:
“But didn’t you
know that the people
were against
councillors?” So? Is he
saying we deserved to be
necklaced?
The big woman in the navy
cardigan then tells me her story:
‘My sister Lungelwa came home specially
from Johannesburg for her birthday.
She would have turned eighteen.
‘That morning the comrades surrounded
the house. They were singing:
“Let the impimpi die”…They shouted:
“If Lungelwa does not come out, the
house will burn”…I went out with
Lungelwa…they grabbed her…I cried
out, but they immediately closed
around her. I could not see her…I
could only hear her cries…
‘I ran to the police…They told me
afterwards…Lungelwa burnt in a different
way to anyone else…they poured
petrol over her, they put a tyre around
her neck… “We will make you pretty,”
they said, “necklace upon necklace…And
perfume?” And they poured petrol on the
tyre. They also told her to drink the
petrol, for the flames to have a shiny
path…Then they called: “Time for
sparks!” Then they threw matches…
‘They say Lungelwa, whose hands
and feet were still tied with wire, kept
lying down until she caught fire and
everybody had to stand away from the
roaring flames.
They say Lungelwa suddenly became
stronger than a man…stronger than an
animal — and she was young! — she
sat up on the ground…her arms and
legs broke loose from the wire…the
tyre around her chest she pulled off
with a powerful gesture and hurled it
into the crowd. “Never, never again will
you burn anyone like this!” she
screamed and ran to a sand gully
where she rolled and rolled until the
flames on her body were extinguished…
‘She died the next day in the hospital
in Queenstown.’