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Jun 30, 2011

Bloemfontein Arts & Culture Biographies

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Bloemfontein Democratic movement biographies

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Bloemfontein Historical & Community Biographies

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Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
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Jun 29, 2011

Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho)

Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small...

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Jun 29, 2011

Griqua community

The Griqua people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, however their history had an im...

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Jun 29, 2011

Afrikaans community 1820-1899

The first white inhabitantsBetween 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape...

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Jun 29, 2011

Professor Fatima Meer

Political leader, academic, publisher, author, human rights and gender activist and Gandhian.

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Jun 29, 2011

Bloemfontein - segregation in education

Amersfoort Legacy: History of Education in South Africa White schools Initial education requirements set in the 19th c...

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All African Convention, 1958
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Jun 29, 2011

All African Convention, 1958

'The All-African Convention: The Awakening of a people' - By I.B. Tabata Bloemfontein also played host to yet another ...

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Jun 29, 2011

Industrial and Commercial Workers Union

The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when...

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Anti-Pass Campaign
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Jun 29, 2011

Anti-Pass Campaign

In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the ...

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The formation of the SANNC/ANC
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Jun 29, 2011

The formation of the SANNC/ANC

Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later ye...

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Jun 29, 2011

Conference programme

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Jun 29, 2011

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Conference papers

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