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ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… to present anti-pass petitions to the Prime Minister, J.G. Strijdom. This demonstration took place after the pass law …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
The Republic of the Orange Free State went to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn,…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.1 Oct-Dec 1957
… Police, Harry Bloom. Cartoon, David Marais. The Press: Strijdom’s “Last Barrier”, George Clay and Stanley Uys. Race …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… from Chief Albert J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom 28 May 1957 The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union …
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… a second march on the Union Buildings. Prime Minister Strijdom, who had been notified of the women`s mission, was …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
Following the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from which 616 South Africans lost their lives, there was an official and legal investigation done into the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… 1 April 1955. 2 December, The New Prime Minister, J.G. Strijdom , forms his new Government. 5 December, … extension of passes to women) to the Prime…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
… academic system is introduced. Then Deputy President Dr. JG Zuma is installed as the University’s third Chancellor. An … Doctorate is conferred on then…
PlaceEcho Caves, Limpopo
… that the end of the Echo Caves is somewhere close to the ' Strijdom' Tunnel. Experience of the Echo Caves can be done- …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom police state on their fast dwindling rights. Our …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… not just the Rand. They vowed that the prime minister, JG Strijdom , would be left in no doubt about how the women felt …
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… to the problems of our country, but that was ignored. When Strijdom was in power, we made the same offer. Again it was … struggle. Let Botha show that he is…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… racism of erstwhile apartheid prime minister Johannes G. Strijdom, and the ideological fanaticism of apartheid … Being an improvement on grotesque figures…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… A quarter of a century ago Botha's predecessor, Hans Strijdom, (2) made a similar declaration: "Our [the apartheid … National Congress of South Africa 2…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
Historical Context to Paul Kruger 1825 Paul Kruger is born to Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger and Elsie Francina Steyn 1835 Paul Kruger's father situated…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with the open space around it used as ‘outspan’ during the quarterly communions…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… on the door of the office of the then Prime Minister, Strijdom. All was quiet in the office and surroundings. The … of hungry infants. A tune broke out with…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… which distinguished it from FRAC. Prime Minister Strijdom, however, managed to engineer the passing of the …
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… creation of the South African Republic DF Malan and J.G Strijdom . …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… from 1948 to 1954, and was directly succeeded by J.G. Strijdom as leader and prime minister. This signalled the new …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… The women requested an interview with Prime Minister, JG Strijdom, who was not there at the time. All the women stood … a letter , on behalf of the ANC, to…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… on the door of the office of the then Prime Minister, Strijdom. All was quiet in the office and surroundings. The … of hungry infants. A tune broke out with…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… to the problems of our country, but that was ignored. When Strijdom was in power, we made the same offer. Again it was … struggle. Let Botha show that he is…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… not just the Rand. They vowed that the prime minister, JG Strijdom, would be left in no doubt about how the women felt … Pretoria march and the FSAW had…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… leaders went inside the building to submit memorandum to Strijdom but they did not find him. There was no one to …
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… is very significant. A predecessor of P.W. Botha, Strijdom, then prime minister of South Africa, (2) was quite … most fittingly by finally eradicating…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… his problems differ from those of his predecessor. Adv. Strijdom's problems were totally different from those of the … Verwoerd's problems were quite…