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EventSouth African Press Association is established
… but it also has offices in Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein and in Parliament. …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's death …
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
… Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally recognised in 1925. …
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… in politics when he attended the All-African Convention in Bloemfontein in mid-1936. …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… circumstances in the British concentration camp at Bloemfontein. The British government was unsympathetic to the …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… People's Organisation (SACPO) from 1957 - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined the Communist Party in 1925 and …
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and began the 'March to Pretoria' with nearly …
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… compromise Cape Town would be the legislative capital, Bloemfontein the judicial capital and Pretoria would be the …
EventWinkie Direko is born
… the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein in South Africa. Direko served in numerous …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… Republiek or Transvaal Republic. In 1854 the contract of Bloemfontein was signed and the Republic of Orange Free State … British colonies ( the Anglo-Boer…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… R.G. Broadwood's forces at Sannaspos near Bloemfontein. This came three months after President Steyn …
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… “real PAC members” will convene a “real congress” in Bloemfontein in August. “This is an unfortunate situation, … Mayekiso said 1000 delegates were expected…
EventBram Fischer born today
… lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, …
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… emerged out of many long and animated conversations in Bloemfontein and the initial work in the field was carried … research that two or three elderly people…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… and went to South Africa. He decided on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein (a game reserve) as the location for the … and the members belonging to the History group…
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… in politics in 1968 when he was elected MP for the Bloemfontein West constituency. As a MP, Coetsee served on …
EventANC stage marches in major cities
… a success in major cities such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The government, …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Convention (BPC) . Members of six organisations met in Bloemfontein in April 1971 to discuss the issue, including … that they would meet with Tambo in…
PlaceJagersfontein
… holes in the World. This Town is located South-West of Bloemfontein . A 50-carat diamond was found on a Farm in 1870 … holes' in the World. This Town is…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit , Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg , Durban …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… At a National Party (NP) Congress in Bloemfontein, the South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha …
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein to launch a new national women’s movement, a …
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). As a young …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Verwoerd on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James …
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… buildings. His more famous works are the Reserve Bank in Bloemfontein and the Merensky Library at the University of …
PlaceOld Presidency
… resided in the building until the British occupation of Bloemfontein on 13 March 1900 when the building served as the … is a fascinating must see on…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… was finally released to the custody of his brother in Bloemfontein in March 1975 …
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… claims about land. In September 1982, the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein ruled that the Presidential Proclamation issued … 2013)| South African History Online,…
Griqua community
… people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, however their history had an important … soon be adding information on the English…
PlaceFouriesburg
… was the Provisional Capital of the Free State, after Bloemfontein had been occupied by the British in March 1900. … not very frequently. Construction of the…