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BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Ivan Stoller (later Advocate), Jennifer Heyman (later ANC) Bernard Berman, Jesse Berman, Leslie Martin, Andrew … early 1960s. This period coincided with the…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… legal profession inside South Africa. The intention of the ANC was to build a united front between the underground and … state. From 1992 to 1994,…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Naude, Victoria Mxenge and Steve Tshwete. A message from ANC leader-in-exile Oliver Tambo was read to the tens of …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… and also drew closer to the African National Congress (ANC) in exile and later to the South African Communist Party …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… 1987 he formed part of the Afrikaner group that met with ANC representatives in Senegal. After hearing F W de Klerk …
BiographyFort Calata
… the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… not accepted as members of the African National Congress (ANC) when it was formed in 1912. This acceptance only came in … of which are mentioned here. The…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… he helped A. B. Xuma revise the African National Congress (ANC) constitution, and was charged with incitement during the … then placed under house arrest at…
BiographyReggie Williams
… At the same conference, the African National Congress (ANC) also called for the nationwide boycott of all businesses …
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… Klerk surrendered office to the African National Congress (ANC). After a few years, Smuts had handed over the UP …
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Plaatje Award for Best Branch received on behalf of the ANC Lenasia Branch at the national conference in Cape Town …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The … the country. 28 March, Chief Albert Luthuli of the ANC…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… attends the South African Native Convention , convened in Bloemfontein. Dube placed the school under the supervision of … which is later renamed as the…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… in a positive light by black people. In Umsebenzi, a 1940s ANC periodical, the following phrase is used “The Bantu must … van die Gefedereerde Ned. Geref…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South African … 2012…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
Marianne Kriel was born in Bellville on 30 August 1971.[i] She attended Bellville High School, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stellenbosch…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… Surgery, [online], Available at plasticsurg.ukzn.ac.za, [Accessed: 16 August 2013]| Wallis, F. (2000) …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… The leaders of BPC realized the potential for bringing ANC and PAC leaders into the wider BC movement. After careful negotiations between SASO, BPC, BC, ANC…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'
… curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all restrictions. … 72 hours in an urban area would be…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… by the Lesotho government, and in some cases by the ANC. Those refugees lucky enough to find employment in … as follows: Moloisane Morena Lehlohonolo - 25yrs…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… enlightened and cautious, consultative approach of the ANC. The CPSA went into decline in the late 1930s, and was … SACP then declared itself willing to co…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… the Silverton Siege . June, The African National Congress (ANC) publicly broke ties with Zulu Chief and Inkatha Freedom … Lilian Ngoyi , 1956 Treason…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… conferences held in Stellenbosch (1893), Cradock (1916), Bloemfontein (1923), Pretoria (1930), and another in Bloemfontein (1933). However, the first…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… South African Native National Congress (later renamed the ANC) for the release of the prisoners, when calls are made for a general strike on 1 July 1918,…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… was formed with the aid of the African National Congress (ANC) and Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). In November … Clothing Workers Union. Moses Kotane…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… of History University of KwaZulu-Natal - [email protected] One of the most remarkable figures of the Communist … The names of SACP, NIC and African…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy pass … of domestic labour. Many Black women had come to Bloemfontein as it…
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… The Museum is a satellite of the National Museum, Bloemfontein, an agency of the Department of Arts & Culture. … Oliewenhuis as residence during their three…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… an LL.B degree. He began practicing as an advocate in the Bloemfontein Supreme Court in 1919. Later, Swart completed a … and the banning of various African…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… the conflicts between the African National Congress ( ANC ) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , he was involved in … shuts down, [online], Available at: https:…