Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A979-A-Aa-Aa3-Aa3.6-Aa3.6.2
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- August 1901 - November 1914 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Extent21 items
Context area
Name of creator
(19th - 20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondents:
Bathoen I, Chief.
Goronyane, J D.
Minchin, Spencer.
Molema, Silas T.
Plaatje, Solomon T.
Whales, G N H.
Subjects:
Plaatje persuaded Silas Molema to finance the first Tswana-English newspaper in 1901 and the papers reflect the financial difficulties suffered by Molema and Plaatje in order to keep the newspaper going. The paper ceased publication c 1906 and later, on Plaatje's removal to Kimberley, he established the Tsala ea Batho referred to by Gorinyane in his correspondence with Molema.