Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Taungs

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Taungs

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Taung

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/TGS

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1885 – 1971

History

A magistrate’s court was established at Taungs on 6 October 1885 (Government Gazette No 6654, dated 7 October 1885, Proclamation No 3BB, dated 6 October 1885). On 1 July 1896 Taungs was incorporated into the magisterial division of Vryburg (Government Gazette No 7810 dated 28 April 1896, Proclamation No 149, dated 27 April 1896). CR Chalmers was appointed Assistant Resident Magistrate at Taungs on 1 July 1896 (Government Gazette No 7825 dated 19 June 1896, Government Notice No 568, dated 1 July 1896). He served in this capacity until Taungs was re-established as a separate magistracy on 13 February 1899 when he was appointed the new magistrate (Government Gazette No 8104, dated 21 February 1899, Proclamation No 68, dated 13 February 1899. Chalmers’ re – appointed was recorded in the same Gazette, Government Notice No 169, dated 20 February 1899).

The magistrate of Taungs was also appointed Native Commissioner as from 1 October 1928 (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice No 1865, dated 26 October 1928).

Taungs was incorporated into Bophuthatswana on 5 December 1977.

Places

North West Province.
Northern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Taungs.
Taung.

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

1/TGS

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

25 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.

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