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EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923, in Bloemfontein. One hundred delegates attended its inaugural …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… around Johannesburg, Pretoria, Benoni, Port Elizabeth, and Bloemfontein. …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… city of Pretoria is 60 km from Johannesburg, 478 km from Bloemfontein and 1 500 km from Cape Town. It spreads out in …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… hill Ntsuanatsatsi in the Free State ( see pre history of Bloemfontein ). When these early BaFokeng people moved north …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… to a number of centres on the Witwatersrand, to Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Durban. During the last few days of June, …
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… to early graves -ALL MUST GO. The African Convention at Bloemfontein can give the answer. There must be no pisions. …
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
… that I should have to report to the magistrate's court in Bloemfontein, so I arranged to drive down there on the Monday … having a "going in" lunch at an …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… lovely sandstone mountains in the northeast. Capital City: Bloemfontein Bloemfontein is an important centre of education and …
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… magazine was also distributed in significant numbers in Bloemfontein and Kroonstad as well as internationally in … Moakeng League of Painters and Authors …
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… my way from members of the Koranna and Griqua community in Bloemfontein in whose midst the book was first conceived; and …
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… council. This was finally decided by Lord de Villiers at Bloemfontein, whose verdict gave the council control over 3/4 …
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… vote. Pretoria voted 57 percent “Yes”, while Cape Town and Bloemfontein polled 85 and 58.5 percent respectively. In …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… When Alfred Milner met Kruger at a June 1899 conference in Bloemfontein, his terms were so uncompromising that no …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… of the Vaal River or the Transvaal. 1854 February: The Bloemfontein Convention takes place and results in the …
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… were employed by Lord Roberts' columns on his journey to Bloemfontein. The British army also provided the Kgatla chief …
PlaceWelkom
… Africa. It is located about 140 Kilometers, North East of Bloemfontein. Welkom is also known as: 'Circle City, City … Africa. It is located about 140…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
… about the meeting of the African leaders recently held in Bloemfontein under the auspices of the African Ministers` …
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… Bay in 1850, to avoid confusion with Aliwal North, near Bloemfontein. It became a Municipality in 1852. (The form …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… ANC adopts a report of the Joint Planning Council at its Bloemfontein conference where Dr. James Moroka gives his … numerous meetings. Among others, Walter…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… south-west of Johannesburg and 50 kilometres north of Bloemfontein . Prior to her arrival in Phathakahle, the …
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
… Cape Provinces; lies approximately two Hours South of Bloemfontein . The Dam is more than 100 km long and 15 km …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Walter Sisulu is arrested in the Botshabelo Location, Bloemfontein, and charged under the Suppression of Communism … July, Walter Sisulu appears before the…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… but because there were many black women working in the Bloemfontein area, the government ordered them to do so. As …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… to Chamberlain . May - June, Conference is held in Bloemfontein, both Paul Kruger and Lord Milner are invited by …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… Rhodesia and Mozambique met in Durban, Cape Town and Bloemfontein to discuss the establishment and form of a …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… State took place in 1978 at the General Synod's meeting in Bloemfontein, with the first classes starting in 1981. …
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… turned on the African National Convention which meets in Bloemfontein in June to consider how to carry forward the …
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Africa responded to the call by dispatching delegates to Bloemfontein. The delegates included esteemed traditional … Congress was then founded at the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Africa responded to the call by dispatching delegates to Bloemfontein. The delegates included esteemed traditional … Congress was then founded at the…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
… of many of these leaders against the Native Bills at the Bloemfontein All African National Convention. The Native … made to make the 28th June meeting of the…