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Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… leader, H Selby Msimang convened a general meeting in Bloemfontein, with the blessing of the SANNC. Present at the … Bantu Women’s League of South Africa…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… preparations. The ANC adopted this document at its 1943 Bloemfontein conference. The idea of a national grouping of … accepted by the ANC at its Congress in…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became … African Native National Convention (SANNC) in Waaihoek, Bloemfontein, to propose ways of…
Capital Cities Activity
… Which capital city belongs to province number 1 ? Bisho Bloemfontein Johannesberg Pietermaritzberg Polokwane …
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… of June 1976. Mlangeni and Moremi soon went into hiding in Bloemfontein, where they helped establish the Bloemfontein Students League (BSL). A riot…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… of which are mentioned here. The first, in 1913, was in Bloemfontein and stands out not only because it was such an … the application of the pass laws' …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… races. At the organisation first inaugural conference in Bloemfontein in 1924 the following universities were represented: Pretoria, Natal, Witwatersrand,…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… 2008, in a close race at a national conference held in Bloemfontein. The election – and the conference – was …
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… PACOFS operated from Bloemfontein with Rex Hugo as the first director. In 1996, …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Representative Council (NRC) at the AAC conference in Bloemfontein. 14-16 December, The ANC holds its annual … Mbeki. 20-22 December, The ANC conference held…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… Native Convention (SANC) decided to call a meeting in Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912 to consider the formation of a … on 8 January 1912 at Maphikela House in…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… all sections of South Africa convene at Community Hall, Bloemfontein. Under the chairmanship of Prof. Jabavu, … promote African rights through boycotts. The…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… Oupa Mlangeni and Secretary Teboho Moremi fled to Bloemfontein in August 1978, where they remained in hiding for several weeks. In Bloemfontein Mlangeni…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… 1989. On 1 January 2002, The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein cut off three years of Mbuli’s sentence after …
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Attends Grey Primary School and then Grey College in Bloemfontein, where Bram excels both in academics (one of … Under-19A rugby team. December, Decides to…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… elections, at the ANC’s national conference, held in Bloemfontein, Zuma was elected both Chairman of the party and … On 6 November 2006, the Supreme Court of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Representative Council (NRC) at the AAC conference in Bloemfontein. 14-16 December, The ANC holds its annual … After returning to Johannesburg from a meeting…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein, with the aim of fighting for the rights of …
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… their freedom. In the Orange Free State particularly Bloemfontein passed the laws to regulate black people in … carry passes. For example, in 1907 a new law…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… brief history, with Mlangeni and Moremi forced to flee to Bloemfontein when sought by the security police. While in Bloemfontein they helped local students…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Msimang in connection with a movement for higher wages at Bloemfontein . August, Clements Kadalie, the founder of the … (ICU), invites Selby Msimang, the…
The War
… later. On 13 March 1900 the British army occupied Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State and on 1 … days later and occupied the town on 5 June…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… years old are transferred to archive depots in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg. There is no …
Bantu Women’s League
… police. Many were arrested in Jagersfontein, Winburg and Bloemfontein. The writer, Sol Plaatjie commented on their …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… who voluntarily surrender are being formed at Pretoria and Bloemfontein." This signals the start of what was to evolve … first two 'refugee' camps are…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Milner convenes the South African Customs Conference in Bloemfontein which resolves to come up with a common … are elected for a South African Convention…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'
… curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all restrictions. … 72 hours in an urban area would be…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… conferences held in Stellenbosch (1893), Cradock (1916), Bloemfontein (1923), Pretoria (1930), and another in Bloemfontein (1933). However, the first…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… Black delegates from the four provinces met in Waaihoek, Bloemfontein to propose a means to object to the draft South …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… Moroka attends the All African Convention held in Bloemfontein and is elected as the treasurer. 1936 Moroka …