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EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… match fixing. Cronje was born as Wessel Johannes Cronje in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969. He made his Test debut for …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… now held in the University of the Free State's library in Bloemfontein. Another collection of his papers is held in the …
EventWorld Aids Day
… a special event called the National World AIDS Day in Bloemfontein, Free State, and in Pretoria, Gauteng. Related …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. Budd was …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… again in 1934). January, Third Non-European Conference, in Bloemfontein, votes to send deputation to Europe. 28 January, … in 400 delegates attending the All…
PlacePhuthaditjhaba, Free State
… warm smiles. Phuthaditjhaba is about 255 kilometres from Bloemfontein, and around 350 kilometres from Durban. Durban …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… Natal and Cape, the draft South Africa Act was signed in Bloemfontein after fierce debate. The different laws …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… great crowd and took place at the Dutch Reformed Church in Bloemfontein. Steyn, who was not yet forty years of age, was …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… to be present at the unveiling of the Woman's Monument in Bloemfontein in 1913, and it is here that her ashes were …
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… State was recognised as an independent territory under the Bloemfontein Convention in 1854. The convention guaranteed … www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 2…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… Learners, Educators and Parents of Oranje Girls School in Bloemfontein, South Africa, about their experience of the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 20 December - 22 December, The ANC conference held in Bloemfontein approves the formation of a youth wing and … The meeting of these two organisations takes…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… at a widely-representative all-African conference held in Bloemfontein in October 1956, under the auspices of the …
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
… 2000 by amalgamating the Transitional Local Councils of: ' Bloemfontein; Botshabelo ; Thaba Nchu and two Rural Councils. … https://www.places.co.za/html…
PlaceFree State Province
… South Africa; it was renamed Free State in 1995. Capital: Bloemfontein Main Language: Afrikaans , Sesotho Premier: Ace … is its largest employer. In May…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
… Ward 16, Heidedal 16h00 17h00: Door-to-door in Ward 2, Bloemfontein African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli …
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… was founded as an Afrikaans nationalist organisation in Bloemfontein, under leadership of Colonel J.C.C. Laas. The OB …
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) in Bloemfontein, was appointed permanently on this date, but …
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… On 23 November 2010, the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein reserved judgement on the Mail and Guardian's …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… adopts the report of the Joint Planning Council at its Bloemfontein conference. 1952 The Appellate Division of the … addresses numerous meetings. Among…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.3 Sep-Oct 1980
… Swaziland ... . MEDU ART ENSEMBLE, Botswana, MALIMU, Bloemfontein. Gallery/ Graphics: Garth Erasmus, Inside front …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Students (NUSAS) was founded in 1924 at Grey College, Bloemfontein. It began as an apolitical organisation, which …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… first 2 'refugee' camps were established in Pretoria and Bloemfontein during South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) …
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, their history had an important influence on the … soon be adding information on the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… the office of Thomas. M. Mapikela , Chief Headman of all Bloemfontein locations. They meet at Community Hall, Bloemfontein. Under the chairmanship of…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… known as the All-African Convention (AAC), is called in Bloemfontein to demonstrate against the racial policies of … rights. December At the ANC annual…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Elizabeth Museum Mr Patrick Letsatsi , National Museum (Bloemfontein) Dr Sean Field , University of Cape Town Ms …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… a special event called the National World AIDS Day in Bloemfontein, Free State, and in Pretoria, Gauteng... read …
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… South African Museum in Cape Town. The National Museum in Bloemfontein. Activity: Below we have compiled some …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… to a number of centres on the Witwatersrand, to Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Durban. During the last few days of June, …