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ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… boycotts, strikes and other defiance tactics. In 1949, the ANC adopted this programme, which represented a radical … organisation and execution of the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Principles CODESA 2 Plenary The Aftermath of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa … Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, their history had an important influence on the … soon be adding information on the…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the … black residents of their legally bought land. 1919 The ANC sends…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… the 1940s, particularly in the African National Congress (ANC). Though one should be wary of imposing artificial … of the 1950s. The first document is a…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and prominent personalities both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the … Marais Viljoen commuted the three men…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Elizabeth Museum Mr Patrick Letsatsi , National Museum (Bloemfontein) Dr Sean Field , University of Cape Town Ms …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… a special event called the National World AIDS Day in Bloemfontein, Free State, and in Pretoria, Gauteng... read …
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… South African Museum in Cape Town. The National Museum in Bloemfontein. Activity: Below we have compiled some …
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… 1942 He starts attending African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally 1943 He enrols at the University of … and discrimination. 1944 Mandela…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… which is currently led by the African National Congress (ANC) towards a more unified and strong South Africa. … the beginning, Inkatha became quite close…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… Gumede’s rise to prominence in the conservative NNC and ANC respectively will also be placed under the spotlight. … Seven years later when Gumede was…
The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… flash of light. The policy of boycott formulated by the ANC for its Programme of Action in 1949 and officially still … population to oppose the white…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer … disruption. Mandela and other high…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… by only 16 political parties: African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Party (DP), New National Party (NNP), … Party of Azania (SOPA). Prior to the…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… Africa. On 28 January 1904, the Grey College School in Bloemfontein was formally inaugurated, and lectures in the … https://www.ufs.ac.za …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… a priest, but was released from his vows. He returned to Bloemfontein where he obtained an Honours degree in library …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943 Document 8 - The Ten-Point …
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… The first National Consultative Conference of the ANC was held at Morogoro, Tanzania, from 25 April to 1 May … over seventy delegates from various centres…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… 1940s. As a result of this newspaper's close ties to the ANC, it was banned twice, in 1952 and again in 1954. Each … release their usual weekly supplement,…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… majority. 1912 8 January, The African National Congress (ANC) is formed. 1928 December, The South African Communist … of an urgent need for negotiations to…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… today makes January 8, 1987, the 75th anniversary of the ANC, a truly historic occasion for the ANC and the people of South Africa - indeed for the people of…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… today makes January 8, 1987, the 75th anniversary of the ANC, a truly historic occasion for the ANC and the people of South Africa - indeed for the people of…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… by showing the groundswell of unity backing up the ANC's democratic demands. It could not, of course, be the … In other areas, where the middle-class…