Foundations in the Transvaal and Free State
Apart from the Convents and Institutions founded by the Dominican Sisters of King William’s Town, the Sisters were called upon to work at various Missions founded by other Religious Congregations.
Potchefstroom
1889 – 1972 Convent of the Sacred Heart |
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1921 – 1971 St Louis Bertrand Mission School |
Klerksdorp
1890 – 189- Klerksdorp Hospital. |
1908 Belgravia, Convent of the Sacred Heart In 1932 the Boarding House opened with 5 girls, the numbers increasing steadily to reach a peak in 1965 with 96 boarders. 2005 —- Belgravia, Khosi Neighbourhood Foundation |
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1935 – —- Melrose, St Vincent School for the Deaf 1995 the Convent closed; The School continued with a number of Sisters still on the staff. By 2022 the school was totally staffed by lay people. ![]() |
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1936 – —- Hyde Park San Salvador Home 1990 the Convent closed but the Home continues in 2022 staffed by lay people. |
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1939 – 1958 Village Main St Thomas Convent, School and Training College The College provided training in the teaching profession for many young African women. The Primary School, attached to the College, provided a Practice School for the Teachers-in-training. The Sisters withdrew from the area when, in 1959, the Government refused permission to re-register the College. |
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1955 – 2003 Parktown Lourdes Convent 1963 The Convent moved from 80 Valley Rd to 19 Rockridge Rd |
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1977 —– Hyde Park St Mary’s Convent Retirement Home was built on part of the San Salvador property |
Witbank
1924 – 1991 St Thomas Aquinas Convent and School 1991 The Convent closed but the school is still running in 2018 |
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Pietersburg, N Transvaal | |
Soekmekaar, N Transvaal 1929 – 2003 Tshitali (Setali), St Scholastica’s School and Clinic. |
Potgietersrus N Transvaal
1925 – 1969 St Joseph’s Convent and School |
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Potgietersrus Location N Transvaal (Mokopane) | |
Molepo N Transvaal
1924 – 1929 M’Phahlele St Maurus Clinic 1930 – 1957 re-named Subiaco Clinic and School |
Magoebaskloof, N Transvaal
1927 – 1939 Noodshulp, St Benedict’s Mission School and Orphanage. This was a Benedictin |
Marapyane N Transvaal
1964 – 2000 Tuinplaas St Martin de Porres |
Seabe/Ramanchane N Transvaal
1974 – 1999 Our Lady of Joy Mission |
Groblersdal N Transvaal 1976 – 1994 St Joseph’s Community A small Community of Sisters did Parish work at the Mission, assisting with Missionary correspondence and giving English lessons to Black girls to prepare them for Std VIII and Matric. Bronkhorstspruit, Sizanani, N Transvaal 1994 – 2001 St Joseph’s Community When the Mission in Groblersdal closed the Sisters who were there at the time moved to Mission at Sizanani just outside Bronkerspruit, where they worked in the Children’s Home founded by Fr Charles Kuppelwieser as a residential home for children and young adults with moderate to profound intellectual and physical disabilities. |
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Soweto / Eldorado Park Areas, Missions
1928 – 1978 Nancefield/Pimville, St Peter Claver Mission |
Springs
1930 – 1996 Our Lady of Mercy Convent and School 1992 The school amalgamated with CBC to become Springs Veritas College |
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1951 – 1976 St Mary’s Maternity Home | ![]()
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Payneville
1954 – 1965 Louis Bertrand Mission |
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Kwa Thema
1965 – 1989 Christo Nkosi Convent |
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Brakpan
1932 – 2003 Bl Imelda’s Convent and School 1973 The school closed 1964 – 2000 Bl Imelda Nursery School
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1987 – 2012 Bethany Convent
The Convent Retirement Home was built on the site of old School which had closed in 1973 |
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Evaton, Vaal Areas 1933 – 1970 St Francis Xavier Mission |
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Nigel, Transvaal
1935 – 1987 St Hyacinth Convent and School 1976 The school closed. A small community of Sisters remained to continue their Parish Ministry. |
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Zeerust, Vleeschfontein in the Diocese of Rustenburg 1928 – 1950, Mission and School of the Immaculate Conception This Mission was a half-way house for Jesuits on their route to the Zambesi Mission |
Rustenburg
1950 – 1962 St Margaret’s Convent and School |
Welkom
1951 – 1995 St Agnes Convent and School 1995 the school amalgamated with the CBC; It is now known as St Dominic’s College, Welkom 1982 – 2015, Bronville 1990 – 1995 Veritas House 1991 – 1999, Wesselsbron, Monyakeng |
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Warmbaths, N Transvaal 1964 – 2000 Tuinplaas, Marapyane, St Martin de Porres Mission Groblersdal 1975 – 1994, Bronkhorstspruit St Joseph’s Community 1994 – 2001 St Jospeh’s Community |
Pretoria 1976 – 1987 Apostolic Delegation Sisters Jephta Schwarz, Lucian Bäuerlein and Philippa Sandmaier worked at the Delegation, the small Community living in a flat on the property there. |