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EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy pass … of domestic labour. Many Black women had come to Bloemfontein as it…
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… The Museum is a satellite of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, an agency of the Department of Arts & Culture. … Oliewenhuis as residence during their three…
EventBram Fischer dies
… died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his illness became known, liberal … he was put under house arrest at his…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… in the premier's office, was shot dead at his house in Bloemfontein. The murder trial of Ngombane's wife and four relatives has several times been postponed…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… participation in the war prior to a meeting to be held in Bloemfontein to discuss the topic. Dadoo stressed the fact … “selected and trained persons” in…
PlaceMaphikela House
… founder members of the Executive Committee of the ANC in Bloemfontein in 1935 and speaker of the organisation for more … and a member of the Executive…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 November 1976, Volume 51
… Dan Meletsi, Chairman of the Urban Bantu Council in Bloemfontein; Stephen Tsatsinyana, member of a school Board; … Koko Matsumi, a member of the Urban Bantu…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… in Kimberley and the All Africa Convention (AAC) in Bloemfontein. Far from being a united force for a significant … January, The Third Non-European…
PlaceNaval Hill
… big and small game can be seen in their natural habitat. Bloemfontein could well be the only City in the World that … landmark for soldiers during the war…
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…
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
… State (Boer Republic) failed to defend their capital town Bloemfontein. The British advancement from the Free State … rest his troops and horses. Shortly…
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… was also a professor of literature at the University of Bloemfontein from 1922- 42. He died on 12 April 1969 in Bloemfontein. …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British recognised the … Free State. No…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… the first meeting of the All African Convention(AAC) in Bloemfontein. He later turns against the AAC. 1937 Seme is …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… teach any more there, I left Pardieberg and went to Bloemfontein to look for work. I got work there as a domestic … at school with Ariah, but now she lived…
PlaceFree State Stadium
… The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of … the Central Cheetahs, the Free State Cheetahs and the Bloemfontein…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… the Union government. About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to … The Campaign gained momentum and spread to other…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… African Native National Congress on 8 January, 1912, in Bloemfontein, renamed the African National Congress in 1923. … members of South Africa's educated…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… African Native National Congress on 8 January, 1912, in Bloemfontein, renamed the African National Congress in 1923. … members of South Africa’s educated…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… 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…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy and held … sources of income. The first anti-pass…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London. It was founded … later replaced with the General Hertzog…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… an anti-pass passive resistance campaign, Black women in Bloemfontein that were committed to this movement returned to … the history of women’s struggle and…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and built by the … is a typical example of a residence during…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… political views - met on December 13 and 14, 1943, in Bloemfontein. Professor Z.K. Matthews was elected Chairman. …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… the ANC, on a train bound for the ANC annual conference in Bloemfontein. 1943 Again attends the ANC annual conference, … addresses numerous meetings. Among…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… in other parts of the country such as Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Durban. On 10 October 1989 …
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… he worked among the black people living in and around Bloemfontein. He served primarily in Bloemfontein, Thabanchu and his beloved Tweespruit mission …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… were defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats (near Bloemfontein) by the British under Cape Governor-General … British Resident, Major Warden, from his small…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British recognised the … Free State. No…