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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:…
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…
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…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… on educational issues. The school was to cater for young ANC cadres returning from exile, as well as those in the …
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Reuters in 1989 covering the transition from apartheid to ANC rule as a photographer. In 1991 he started contributing …
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
… your spot, contact: Nomahlubi Daweti at [email protected] …
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… du Plessis, C. E. Perera, Sydney Tennant (umpire – Boers), AC Solomonsz (umpire – Colts) Middle (left to right): Jim … cricketer. The young man attended the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African … in order to strengthen the bargaining…
EventBram Fischer dies
… died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul Fischer's house in Bloemfontein. After news of his illness became known, liberal … he was put under house arrest at his…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of the meeting is ‘ANC – People’s Revolutionary Movement and Agent for Change’. … South Africa holds local government…
EventNoby Ngombane is murdered
… in the premier's office, was shot dead at his house in Bloemfontein. The murder trial of Ngombane's wife and four relatives has several times been postponed…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
Rayda Jacobs was born in Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… Lynwood Road RSVP: Enquiries: WhatApp: [email protected] to RSVP by 18 April 2025 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] +27 68 236 4808/…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 November 1976, Volume 51
… Dan Meletsi, Chairman of the Urban Bantu Council in Bloemfontein; Stephen Tsatsinyana, member of a school Board; … Koko Matsumi, a member of the Urban Bantu…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… and Rehabilitation (R&R) and Amnesty Committees (AC). …
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British recognised the … Free State. No…
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…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… elites and middle class of the African National Congress (ANC), in Port Elizabeth it was the working-class leaders who …
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
… State (Boer Republic) failed to defend their capital town Bloemfontein. The British advancement from the Free State … rest his troops and horses. Shortly…
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… was also a professor of literature at the University of Bloemfontein from 1922- 42. He died on 12 April 1969 in Bloemfontein. …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… to between 1.78 and 1.95 million years ago. Visit www.wits.ac.za for images and more information. Although many … also open to the public in the Cape. Visit…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… Media and Performance, 5 December 2015, http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=South_African_Theatre/Bibliography . ↵ … Media and Performance. 5 December 2015…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… teach any more there, I left Pardieberg and went to Bloemfontein to look for work. I got work there as a domestic … at school with Ariah, but now she lived…
PlaceFree State Stadium
… The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of … the Central Cheetahs, the Free State Cheetahs and the Bloemfontein…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… the Union government. About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to … The Campaign gained momentum and spread to other…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… later. On 13 March 1900 the British army occupied Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State and on 1 … days later and occupied the town on 5 June…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… first African nationalist movement formed at a meeting in Bloemfontein. South African National Natives Congress (SANNC) … 1924, the SANNC changed name to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the … up its attacks on neighboring…