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Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… during the apartheid era through her involvement in the ANC. She continued to serve South Africa during the … Key Words Zarina Maharaj, Mac Maharaj, Shirene…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… held its first annual congress in 1956. Sactu joined the ANC-led Congress Alliance, and took part in many of the … but in 1958 the campaign drew limited…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… enforced by chiefs. In Bizana, Lusisiki and Flagstaff, the ANC and APDUSA were involved in recruitment drives. As overt … Unity’s (OAU) Liberation Committee…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… from an Afrikaans University in the Afrikaner heartland of Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State. With a fair degree of …
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… under the auspices of the African National Congress (ANC) to take up military training. …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… shake up the "Old Guard" in the African National Congress (ANC) and set the ANC on a militant course, this "Class of '44" became the … by attending the All…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 6 February, Walter Sisulu attends a secret meeting of the ANC at Macosa house, Johannesburg, with Ahmed Kathrada . March, The ANC announces that its anti…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… Luthuli visits Cato Manor and mobilizes support for the ANC by linking Cato Manor's problems with the struggle … against apartheid and the area becomes a…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… their grievances, the government reacted by banning the ANC in all these districts." A year later, when White … Joe Letsie in Moraka Street, Tlhabane. Later,…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… youth and women's organisations became part of the ANC, SASCO significantly opted to remain independent. It pledged support for the ANC and the new ANC-led…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… a pact of cooperation with the African NAtional Congress (ANC) , the pact was called the ‘ Three Doctors’ Pact ’ and … was signed by Dr. Dadoo, Dr. Naicker…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… The party then asked the African National Congress (ANC) to help, and party members Mofutsanyana and Gaur Radebe approached the ANC. Radebe, who was a member…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… it the Orange River Sovereignty with a Magistrate at Bloemfontein who flew the Union Jack. Due to the high costs … the British were to withdraw from the area…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… first major commission. This was the Hertzog Monument in Bloemfontein which kept him at work for the greater part of …
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… (now KwaZulu Natal ) 1912 African National Congress (ANC) is formed. The ANC was founded by John Dube , Pixley ka Isaka Seme and Sol …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… banished the Black resistance movements, in particular the ANC and the PAC. Black leaders, who were not imprisoned by … armed wing of the PAC, similar to the…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… Mbeki at the launch of the Coat of Arms, at Kwaggafontein, Bloemfontein, on 27 April 2000 Compiled by: Government …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… in the OFS, was defeated at Mushroom Valley, north-east of Bloemfontein. He was eventually arrested near Kuruman, …
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… by 1991 in Port Elizabeth, George, Pretoria and Bloemfontein – but these were characterised as working within …
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… early Fokeng settlements ( see pre-history of Bloemfontein ). Known as Type N walling and Ntsuanatsatsi …
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… apartheid government banned the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), forcing them to … to strengthen underground structures…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… 1952 Albert Luthuli elected as president-general of the ANC and stripped of his Chieftaincy 1961, December 10 Albert …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… Despite its close links to the African National Congress (ANC), the Fund from the beginning stuck to its principles: … to lawyers. The Treason Trial When…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… through the TIC Business and Economy Group. After the ANC was unbanned in 1990, the NIC and the TIC, had various meetings with the ANC over the role of the…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… Amongst those released were African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli; African National … thirty accused. Only a few of the African…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… roll and gave them a communal franchise. At that time, the ANC had rejected the communal franchise, which, with the … of the Union and of the Natives Land…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Massacre. Immediately the African National Congress (ANC) calls for March 28 to be observed as a day of mourning. … the pass laws. March 27, On the…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Rev. J.A. Calata makes a presidential address at the ANC Provincial conference in Cape Town. Four fifths of … addresses numerous meetings. Among others,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… first African nationalist movement formed at a meeting in Bloemfontein. South African National Natives Congress (SANNC) … 1924, the SANNC changed name to…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… but not that we let it remember for us. PRESENT DAY ANC LEADERSHIP PUTS TERMS AND CONDITION ON THE CONCEPT OF … the same values. CHIP's cartoon suggests that…