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EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy and held … sources of income. The first anti-pass…
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London. It was founded … later replaced with the General Hertzog…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… and even the Pope. In 1990, African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years in prison, …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… Tambo, then president of the African National Congress (ANC) Mission in exile. Professor Hoffenberg married Margaret …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… (Imbali Youth) 1992 On Common Ground - (an IFP and ANC youth publication) 1995 Children’s creative writing …
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… (PAC) broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959, he became closely associated with the PAC. …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… of combatants. Just after the 1969 Morogoro Conference, ANC President, Oliver Tambo , addressed a personal note of …
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… only legal organisation (the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were by then … Resistance”, 16 July 2002. Available at…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… youth joining the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), …
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
… of Sociology, University of Pretoria) [email protected] The ‘Durban Strikes’ is a signifier for many things - …
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… an anti-pass passive resistance campaign, Black women in Bloemfontein that were committed to this movement returned to … the history of women’s struggle and…
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in Bloemfontein. The house was designed and built by the … is a typical example of a residence during…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… for the strike on Freedom Day with Mandela as an ANC Youth League member and Kathrada as a Communist Party member. Soon after, at a meeting of the ANC and…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… Tania Oppel, Division for Lifelong Learning: [email protected] / phone 021-9593339 …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… military targets that rallied black opinion behind the ANC. For instance, the car bomb explosion in front of the … Police (SAP) personnel. This was the…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… military targets that rallied black opinion behind the ANC. For instance, the car bomb explosion in front of the … Police (SAP) personnel. This was the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both … (NNP), was disbanded and some of its members joined the ANC. NNP leader…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… got together. They held a convention or great meeting in Bloemfontein in 1854. At the Bloemfontein Convention, the British recognised the … Free State. No…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… he worked among the black people living in and around Bloemfontein. He served primarily in Bloemfontein, Thabanchu and his beloved Tweespruit mission …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… were defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats (near Bloemfontein) by the British under Cape Governor-General … British Resident, Major Warden, from his small…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… which used to be known as the Appellate Division, sits in Bloemfontein and is the highest court in respect of all other …
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s Russian hosts remained … undoubtedly very high. Many of the old guard…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… police during Apartheid in the 1980’s. Source: warwick.ac.uk A finger printing office was established in …
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… contact the ICA offices at: +27 21 650 7156 | [email protected] or Sascha Polkey at Rabbit in a Hat Communications: …
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… council. This was finally decided by Lord de Villiers at Bloemfontein, whose verdict gave the council control over 3/4 … During this trial, Nelson Mandela…
EventFather Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep
… African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital after being admitted with pneumonia two …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… been active participants in the African National Congress (ANC) . In every case it has been nationalist ideology which … Hare ), should convene a conference…
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… South Africa in 1990 and in 1994 was commissioned by the ANC to photograph the movement's coming to power. A series of …
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
… she was recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) underground. A year later, Cherry was elected General … struggle: Janet Cherry [Online]…