In their two seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, 2 different Lancers have been named to the all-conference first-team. The University of Pretoria's business school the Gordon Institute of Business Science is located in Illovo, Johannesburg. In addition to arena standards hot dogs, chicken fingers and sausage sandwiches, fans can select a smoked brisket sandwich. Another explanation is that the whiteness comes from the quartzite rock, which has a particular sheen to it after rain. Johannesburg hosts many of South Africa's premier music events, such as RAMFest's Johannesburg leg,[110][111][112][113] In The City[114] and many international tours from bands and artists around the world. Lanseria Airport, located to the north-west of the city and closer to the business hub of Sandton, is used for commercial flights to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Botswana, and Sun City. The California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team represents California Baptist University in the Western Athletic Conference. The Lancers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. Some areas of skyscrapers were abandoned, many residents left their homes, and businesses moved out. In January 2017, the California Baptist Lancers announced their transition to NCAA Division I, joining the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2018, in all sports. 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Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Baptist_Lancers&oldid=1166053570, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, This page was last edited on 19 July 2023, at 03:09. [34] As the value of control of the land increased, tensions developed between the Boerdominated Transvaal government in Pretoria and the British, culminating in the Jameson Raid that ended in fiasco at Doornkop in January 1896. [38] Soweto, a township founded for black workers coming to work in the gold mines of Johannesburg, was intended to house 50,000 people, but soon was the home of ten times that number as thousands of unemployed rural blacks came to Johannesburg for employment and an income to send back to their villages. [102] In 2016 that number had sharply declined to 29.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, placing the murder rate at more than half of that of Cape Town and even below the national average. [citation needed]. [citation needed], Fighting took place at the Gatsrand Pass (near Zakariyya Park) on 27 May, north of Vanwyksrusttoday's Nancefield, Eldorado Park and Naturenathe next day, culminating in a mass infantry attack on what is now the waterworks ridge in Chiawelo and Senaoane on 29 May. [40] On 11 July 1963, the South African Police raided a house in the Johannesburg suburb of Rivonia where nine members of the banned African National Congress (ANC) were arrested on charges of planning sabotage. The men's water polo team will move to the West Coast Conference in 2023. 2014 - 2018. California Baptist University does offer athletic scholarships for Basketball. Due to its commercial role, the city is the seat of the provincial government and the site of a number of government branch offices, as well as consular offices and other institutions. For other uses, see, "eGoli" redirects here. The Lions, formerly the Cats, represent Johannesburg, North West and Mpumalanga in the United Rugby Championship competition, which includes teams from South Africa, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. CBU will tip off its season on the road on Nov. 11 against Billings, Montana. The Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League and the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League both play at the Toyota Arena in nearby Ontario. [16] Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The original miners' camp, under the informal leadership of Col Ignatius Ferreira, was located in the Fordsburg dip, possibly because water was available there, and because of the site's proximity to the diggings. Its continued economic and population growth has depended on schemes to divert water from other regions of South Africa and from the highlands of Lesotho, the biggest of which is the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, but additional sources will be needed early in the 21st century. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule - Christian Brothers University Athletics 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule Print Grid Text Add To Calendar Choose A Location: Season Season Record Overall 12-16 PCT .429 Conf 9-15 PCT .375 Streak L1 Home 5-8 Away 6-7 Neutral 1-1 Scheduled Games Oct 28 (Fri) 6 PM at Middle Tennessee Exhibition Murfreesboro, TN [19][20] The City Hall is also located on Rissik Street. California Baptist University athletic teams regularly compete at a high level in the NCAA Division I. Johannesburg is served by a bus fleet operated by Metrobus Archived 11 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine, a corporate unit of the City of Johannesburg. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Tickets Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Tickets Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross Country: Instagram . There are numerous kindergartens, primary schools and high schools in the region. [33], Like many late 19th-century mining towns, Johannesburg was a rough and disorganised place, populated by white miners from all continents, African tribesmen were recruited to perform unskilled mine work, African women beer brewers cooked for and sold beer to the black migrant workers, a very large number of European prostitutes, gangsters, impoverished Afrikaners, tradesmen, and the "AmaWasha", Zulu men who surprisingly dominated laundry work. [41] At their trial, the accused freely admitted that they were guilty of what they were charged with, namely of planning to blow up the hydro-electric system of Johannesburg to shut down the gold mines, but Mandela argued to the court that the ANC had tried non-violent resistance to apartheid and failed, leaving him with no other choice. Construction of the Gautrain Rapid Rail started in October 2006 and was completed in June 2012. At least forty percent of container export/imports run on the Natal Corridor (Natcor) which is directly linked by rail to City Deep. Tambo International Airport (above-ground and raised) travelling to Sandton via Rhodesfield (raised) and Marlboro. The north and west of the city has undulating hills while the eastern parts are flatter. There is free parking in the garage adjacent to the arena. Today CBU has a total enrollment of over 11,000 students at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels participating in over 80 major programs. The facility also hosts CBUs chapel program, orientation activities and commencement ceremonies. In the 1950s and early 1960s, the apartheid government constructed the massive agglomeration of townships that became known as Soweto. [133], In 2010, a high-speed rail link was proposed between Johannesburg and Durban. North of the CBD is Hillbrow, the most densely populated residential area in southern Africa. The railways transport huge numbers of commuters every day. The population in 1904 was 155,642, of whom 83,363 were whites.[37]. Johannesburg (/dohnsbr/ joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-hn-/ -HAHN-, Afrikaans:[juansbr]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [li]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold")[10][11] is the most populous city in South Africa, classified as a megacity;[12] it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. 2011 CBU becomes inaugural collegiate division of the CSBC . This is clearly a growing program. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Christian Brothers University sports news and features, including conference, nickname, location and official social media handles. [97], Reviving the city centre is one of the main aims of the municipal government of Johannesburg. Canale Arena is the home of CBU basketball and . Vodacom's global headquarters is located in Midrand. The main Witwatersrand gold reef was discovered in June 1884 on the farm Vogelstruisfontein by Jan Gerritse Bantjes, son of Jan Bantjes, this triggered the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the founding of Johannesburg in 1886. It opened in 1991 and was renovated in 2007. Metrobus' fleet carries approximately 20 million passengers per annum. New freeways encouraged massive suburban sprawl to the north of the city. Cricket is one of the more popular sports. [6] Land area of the municipal city (1,645km2 or 635sqmi) is large in comparison with those of other major cities, resulting in a moderate population density of 2,364 per square kilometre (6,120/sqmi). However, the Metrorail infrastructure was built in Johannesburg's infancy and covers only the older areas in the city's south. The Gauteng Provincial Government has launched a new metered taxi programme in an attempt to increase the use of metered taxis in the city. Christian Brothers University Main Navigation Menu. This total includes 200 modern buses (150 double-deckers and 50 single-deckers), made by Volvo, Scania AB and Marcopolo/Brasa in 2002. Among them is the principal clerk attached to the office of the surveyor-general Hendrik Dercksen, Christiaan Johannes Joubert, who was a member of the Volksraad and was the Republic's chief of mining. Indeed, the city once sat near massive amounts of gold, given that at one point the Witwatersrand gold industry produced forty per cent of the planet's gold.[53]. The former Central Business District is located on the southern side of the prominent ridge called the Witwatersrand (English: White Water's Ridge) and the terrain falls to the north and south. [101], Murders in the Johannesburg municipality amounted to 1,697 in 2007 according to the South African Medical Research Council, a rate of 43 per 100,000 inhabitants. For its growth, the economy of Johannesburg depended upon hundreds of thousands of skilled white workers imported from Europe and semi- and un-skilled black workers imported from other parts of Southern Africa. [129], Johannesburg has two kinds of taxis, metered taxis and minibus taxis. Toggle Awards and honors (Division I only) subsection, Conference membership history (Division I only), Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, 2023 California Baptist Lancers baseball team, List of NCAA Division I baseball programs, "WAC Announces Cancellation of All Sports for Remainder of Academic Year", Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Baptist_Lancers_baseball&oldid=1142527051, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament in five consecutive seasons from 2014-2018, reaching the Elite Eight in 2018. Johannesburg's most popular sports by participation are association football, cricket, rugby union, and running. [127] It is claimed[127][128] that the N1 is the busiest road in South Africa. This figure represents over a thirty percent increase over the previous season. [54] City Parks is also responsible for planting the city's many green trees, making Johannesburg one of the 'greenest' cities in the world. . The Market Theatre stages plays, comedy shows, and musical performances. As of 11 December 2008, every street corner in Johannesburg central is under high-tech CCTV surveillance. The CBD is predominated by four styles of architecture, being Victorian Colonial, Edwardian Baroque, Art Deco and Modernism. The Events Center is located on the eastern edge of campus. This excludes development directly associated with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [42] About 575 people, the majority of whom were black, were killed in the Soweto uprising of 1976. a high-energy event which kicks off the basketball season by introducing the men's and women's basketball teams to hundreds of cheering students packed . P O Box 442, PRETORIA 0001 - Tel 012- 314-9003 - Fax 012-326-4940. Located in Midtown Memphis, TN NCAA Division II Athletics, Gulf South Conference 11:1 student/faculty ratio Average class size is 16 1,746 students (49% female, 51% male) 30 states represented 28 countries represented 40% minority, 7% international 99% of full-time undergraduate students receive some financial aid $35 million endowment Randburg and Sandton form part of the northern area. By the mid-18th century, the broader region was largely settled by various SothoTswana communities (one linguistic branch of Bantu-speakers), whose villages, towns, chiefdoms and kingdoms stretched from the Bechuanaland Protectorate (what is now Botswana) in the west,[23] to present day Lesotho in the south,[24] to the present day Pedi areas of the Limpopo Province. Visit ESPN to view the latest California Baptist Lancers news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more [96], After the Group Areas Act was scrapped in 1991, Johannesburg was affected by urban blight. Western Athletic Conference Australian pipeline fueling California Baptist, UC Riverside Randy Bennett perfected it, and coaches from his tree are still banking on talent from Down Under to. The facility serves as home to the mens and womens basketball teams as well as select volleyball and wrestling games. While gold mining no longer takes place within the city limits, most mining companies still have their headquarters in Johannesburg. [12] Cal Baptist received full membership into the NCAA . Johannesburg shares a network of metropolitan routes with Krugersdorp and Ekurhuleni. 1956 Dewey H. Jones organizes the first competitive basketball team 1958 Dr. Loyed Simmons is named second president . [39] It was estimated that in 1989, the population of Soweto was equal to that of Johannesburg, if not greater. "We had a new mountain to climb. The Lancers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) twice. Most of the springs from which many of these streams emanate are now covered in concrete and canalised, accounting for the fact that the names of early farms in the area often end with "fontein", meaning "spring" in Afrikaans. The Economic Freedom Fighters and Democratic Alliance both agreed to vote for the DA mayoral candidate, Herman Mashaba, who was sworn into power as the first Democratic Alliance mayor of Johannesburg on 22 August 2016. Major building developments took place in the 1930s, after South Africa went off the gold standard. (GAUTENG DIVISION, JOHANNESBURG) Case No. [21] Stone-walled ruins of SothoTswana towns and villages are scattered around the parts of the former Transvaal in which Johannesburg is situated.[22]. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Work was considered to be an exception to apartheid in order to keep Johannesburg functioning as South Africa's economic capital. Basketball Golf Outdoor Track Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling The California Baptist University Athletics Program California Baptist University Sports-Related Financial Aid There are 402 athletes who take part in at least one sport at the school, 205 men and 197 women. The California Baptist Lancers compete as members of the Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC). [40] Between 1984 and 1986, South Africa was in turmoil as a series of nationwide protests, strikes and riots took place against apartheid, and the black townships around Johannesburg were scenes of some of the fiercest struggles between the police and anti-apartheid demonstrators. In the 21st century, there was light sleet in 2006, as well as snow proper on 27 June 2007 (accumulating up to 10 centimetres or 4 inches in the southern suburbs),[60] 7 August 2012,[61] and 10 July 2023. [32] By 1896, Johannesburg was established as a city of over 100,000 inhabitants, one of the fastest growth cities ever. University of Johannesburg was formed on 1 January 2005, when three separate universities and campusesRand Afrikaans University, Technikon Witwatersrand, and the Johannesburg campuses of Vista Universitywere merged. Only 0.7% work in mining. . All seats are folding, padded stadium seats with excellent views of the court. [39], In March 1960, Johannesburg witnessed widespread demonstrations against apartheid in response to the Sharpeville massacre. July 17, 2023 Baseball. [125] Johannesburg, like many metropolises, has more than one central business district (CBD), including, but not limited to, Sandton, Rosebank and Roodepoort in addition to the original CBD. The city is often described as Africa's economic powerhouse, and contentiously as a modern and prosperous African city. [58] Temperatures in Johannesburg are usually fairly mild due to the city's high elevation, with an average maximum daytime temperature in January of 25.6C (78.1F), dropping to an average maximum of around 16C (61F) in June. Anchoring the crowd is a strong student section which fills an entire side of the arena. Another region, Lenasia, is predominantly populated by English-speaking Indo-South Africans (people of Indian and South Asian descent). Cape Breton University's Men's Basketball 2010-19 All-Decade Team. Wanderers Stadium hosted what many cricket fans consider the greatest ever ODI match in which South Africa successfully chased down 434 runs. [53] South Africa didn't borrow architectural techniques exclusively from Britain, however. There were also plans to build a large shopping centre, known as the Zonk'Izizwe Shopping Resort, in Midrand, but these have been indefinitely delayed due to the opening of Mall of Africa. Interestingly, the student section is not located beyond the end lines as in so many other venues, but along the sideline. [141], Johannesburg is cooperating with:[142][143], This article is about the city in South Africa. [8][9] The Lancers had beaten Oklahoma Baptist, 1911, on May 1, 2021, to win the previous season's title. The Joburg Theatre complex hosts drama, opera and ballet. Due to the extremely large gold deposits found along the Witwatersrand,[17] within ten years, the population had grown to over 100,000 inhabitants. Giveaways, kiss cams, t-shirt tosses and other extracurricular activities keep even the most casual fan involved. The on-campus CBU Events Center opened in 2017 with a construction cost of $73 million. [35][36], During the Boer war, many African mineworkers left Johannesburg creating a labour shortage, which the mines ameliorated by bringing in labourers from China, especially southern China. Riverside, Calif. (Oct. 19) - After a historic season that ended in a NCAA Division II championship appearance, California Baptist University women's basketball team is gaining national respect by earning a No. California Baptist University women's basketball received its first ever ranking in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 rankings released on Tuesday night. Their record is 02. A member vote will be held at the January 2023 NCAA convention to add STUNT as an emerging sport for women. Also a complex named Greenstone in Modderfontein has been opened. 81% of households have access to running water, and 80% use electricity as the main source of energy. Ribbon boards that encircle the arena enhance the experience with more stats and sponsor ads. Elected as Head Girl of Herschel Girls High School in 2018. Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of South Africa known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1,753 metres (5,751ft). Walker, Aide Earn Natural State Baseball Team Selection. 37% of city residents are unemployed. California Baptist University, one of the largest private Christian schools in southern California, was founded in 1950 in El Monte, California with an enrollment of 42 students. The Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve,[57] situated in the "Cradle of Humankind" on 1200 ha of "the typical highveld of Gauteng" also runs a breeding programme for endangered species including Bengal tigers, Siberian tigers and the extremely rare white lion. [52], The site was not chosen for its streams, however. Northwest of the CBD is Braamfontein, a secondary CBD housing many offices and business premises. Great accomplishments in Lancer history include the following: Baseball BasketballMen BasketballWomen Cheer Cross-CountryMen Cross-CountryWomen GolfMen GolfWomen SoccerMen SoccerWomen Softball Swimming/DivingMen Swimming/DivingWomen A significant number of the city's residents are dependent on the city's informal minibus taxis. Some historical buildings in central areas were destroyed by fires that spread relentlessly. Braamfontein, Rietfontein, Zevenfontein, Doornfontein, Zandfontein and Randjesfontein are some examples. [95] Matongo died in a car accident in September 2021 and Mpho Moerane was elected to succeed him. The city is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and is home of the Mission Inn, the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States. [41], On 16 June 1976, demonstrations broke out in Soweto over a government decree that black school-children be educated in Afrikaans instead of English, and after the police fired on the demonstrations, rioting against apartheid began in Soweto and spread into the greater Johannesburg area. Cal Baptist has done their basketball team right by building a 5,000-seat venue right on campus. A separate city from the late 1970s until 1994, Soweto is now part of Johannesburg proper.