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ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… British and some of the Boers got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… be averted only by the calling of a sovereign national convention representative of all South Africans, to draw up a new non-racial and democratic…
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… On 10 April 1972, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production … London and Washington. South Africa formed part of this convention, and…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… Natal. The conference called for a national convention of elected representatives of all adult men and … If the Government ignored the demand for a national…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… the Main Building. all situated at Defence Headquarters, Pretoria. Stables and they were Erected in the 1890 by the … its Commando System. Shortly after…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… recharged. They are placed in solitary confinement at the Pretoria Central Prison under Section Six of the Terrorism … 25 August, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi…
Chapter 8
… December Conference- 1943 When the All African Convention held its Conference in Bloemfontein, on the 16th … Now concurrently with the sessions of the All…
Chapter 7
… Call to Unity "From the people comes the call to the Convention, a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at its meeting on…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… (MNSD, National Movement for a Developing Society) and the Convention Démocratique et Sociale (CDS, Democratic and Social Convention). In July 2004, Niger…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… (who enjoyed the appellation, ‘Brother Leader’) during a convention of African Liberation Movements outside of …
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… Freedom in South Africa' at a meeting of the All-African Convention in December 1935 by Dr. A.B. Xuma, later to be the … Maxeke Child Care Centre.' Click…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Society of Carpenters and Joiners was formed in 1881 and other trade unions were established later. For … two South Africans, Hull and Lewis, were executed…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… the permanent grip of the defectors over the All-African Convention. As a whole National organisation of intellectuals … a free decision of genuine…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 78.) 1779 - 1881 The AmaXhosa drive large herds of their cattle across ……
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… 31 May 1961 of a multi-racial and sovereign National Convention to draw up a new non-racial and democratic … letter indicated that if your Government did not…
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… Following the National Convention held by four British colonies, namely, Transvaal, … predominantly Afrikaner state, favoured a federation. The Convention,…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… as an independent territory under the Bloemfontein Convention in 1854. The convention guaranteed the independence of the territory … [Accessed: 2 April 2014]…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… Organisations banned on 19 October 1977: Black People's Convention (BPC) South African Students' Organisation (SASO) …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… taking place in Kempton Park under the rubric of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa). In the tricameral …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… This would result in the launch of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) in July 1972. July, Saso passes a resolution … towards the homeland leaders, calling…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… was obtained for a Republic. THE CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION Immediately after the announcement of the … whose programme provides for the convening of a…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… British and some of the Boers got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… Africa, the remnants of the old APO and the All Africa Convention. The NEUM was radical in its approach. It had … The situation inclined these leaders to…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… in the eastern Transvaal. 1852 17 January: The Sand River Convention takes place between the British and the Boers, … River or the Transvaal. 1854 February:…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… These political forces resulted in the 1908 National Convention, which met for the first time on 12 October 1908. … and adopt the South Africa Act, as…
Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Tribes NBC : Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention (USA) NFEH : Norway’s Free Evangelical Mission to …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Transvaal Boers independence in terms of the Sand River Convention. Formation of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek 1858 … investigate and finalise the siting of…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… Smith to reconsider, calling for negotiations. The Geneva Convention was an attempt to forge a settlement. The convention failed when Smith rejected ZANU’s…
PlaceNigel, an East Rand Mining Town
… that have been designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for protecting rare or unique Wetland … types or for conserving biological…
ArchiveForeign investment
… Black Peoples Convention Memorandum on foreign investment …