Dikolo tsa pele tsa maYuropa mo Aforika Borwa di ne di tlhomilwe kwa Kholoning ya Kapa (Cape Colony) setlheng sa bofelo sa sentshwari ya bo lesomesupa ke bagolo ba kereke ya Dutshe (Dutch Reformed Church) ba ba neng ba itshetlegile mo dithutisong tsa se bibele, e e neng e tlhokega go re kereke e tlhomamiswe. Kwa metseng-selegae, barutisi bajaki (itinerant teachers (meesters)) ba rutile dikwalo tsa mother le bokgoni ba dipalo (basic literacy and math skills). Dikolo dimishinari tsa maBritishi di ne tsa tlalatlala morago ga ngwaga wa 1799, fa maloko a ntlha a London Missionary Society a goroga kwa Kholoning ya Kapa.