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ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… Teboho Moremi, and one Mthuthuzeli Matshobane fled to Bloemfontein where they helped establish the Bloemfontein Students League (BSL). And taking advantage…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National …
The Court’s position in the justice system
… which used to be known as the Appellate Division, sits in Bloemfontein and is the highest court in respect of all other …
EventAfrican's Claim is presented at the conference
… conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Bloemfontein, the document the African's Claim in South …
EventFather Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep
… African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital after being admitted with pneumonia two …
ArticleLiberation history 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…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… against the carrying of passes by women took place in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State), where there … Waaihoek Location under the control of…
ArchiveConcentration camps in the South African War? Here are the real facts by Fransjohan Pretorius, (The Conversation), February 18, 2019
… camps. Photographical Collection Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein SA Image source More than a century after 48 000 … camps. Photographical Collection…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Congress is formed at the Wesleyan School, Waaihoek in Bloemfontein, as Union in 1910 had persuaded many educated … a mass protest when they march to the…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… The name change of the old CR Swart building in Bloemfontein to honour former Cuban president Fidel Castro … told News24. The Fidel Castro building is the…
ArchiveInterview with Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
… Oral interview, conducted in Bloemfontein, with Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, on her experiences …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… African Native National Congress (SANNC) is established in Bloemfontein following a Convention that includes a wide … 1933 January, Makgatho attends Seme’s…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Republiek or Transvaal Republic. In 1854, the Contract of Bloemfontein was signed and the Boers founded the Republic of … Anglo-Boer War). On 13 March 1900…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the … final.[viii] She married Lowell Eldred Grant Price in…
EventRev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party
… Labour Party of South Africa at its thirteenth Congress in Bloemfontein. The party declared its support for the banned …
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… Defiance Campaign of 1952. This was the case in Durban and Bloemfontein. Unrest was sparked by a range of causes … the Eastern Cape towns of East London and…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… State Province of South Africa, about 60 km North East of Bloemfontein. It commemorates the Boer women and children … both the aeroplane and Gnome engine now…
PlaceJubileum Building
… On President Brand Street Bloemfontein, is the Jubileum building. It was built in the … https://freestatetourism.org/bloemfontein-attractions/ …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… in the capital of the Orange Free State of South Africa, Bloemfontein , requiring non-white women and men to carry … carry passes. For example, in 1907 a new…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… President of the ANC at the annual meeting of the ANC in Bloemfontein. At this very same meeting, the historic …
EventAfrican’s Claim is presented at the conference
… conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Bloemfontein, the document the African's Claim in South …
PlaceOnverwacht
… the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswana, about 50km from Bloemfontein. The place was composed of about seven barren …
EventWinnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court
… The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein set aside Winnie Madikizela Mandela's sentence …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… in the Transvaal. July: At the annual SAIRR conference in Bloemfontein, Xuma delivers a paper entitled ‘Native … at the first All African Convention (AAC),…
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
… born in Mangoanaleng, Matatiele, Eastern Cape. He died in Bloemfontein in January, 1980. His siblings included Manasseh …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… an apparent rightwing-inspired ammunition theft at Tempe, Bloemfontein, in June 1998. Du Preez's younger brother Petrus …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… Plessis, T. 2008. South African Language Rights Monitor. Bloemfontein: SUN Press, p27. ↵ [xix] Maitland, R. & Brent, …
EventThe town of Bethlehem, Free State, is founded
… the town being connected to Johannesburg, Harrismith and Bloemfontein by rail. The town’s name is of Hebrew origin and …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… for defence and national security was given to the MP for Bloemfontein West and Chairman of the National Party (NP) …
PlaceWagon Museum
… situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic wagons and …