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“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… Kenny Sociology, Wits University [email protected] Using extensive archive and interview material, this …
EventSouth African Press Association is established
… but it also has offices in Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein and in Parliament. …
EventThe first Afrikaans Hymn book is published
… Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally recognised in 1925. …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… circumstances in the British concentration camp at Bloemfontein. The British government was unsympathetic to the …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… People's Organisation (SACPO) from 1957 - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined the Communist Party in 1925 and …
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord Roberts left Bloemfontein and began the 'March to Pretoria' with nearly …
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… compromise Cape Town would be the legislative capital, Bloemfontein the judicial capital and Pretoria would be the …
EventWinkie Direko is born
… the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein in South Africa. Direko served in numerous …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - List of Passive Resistors
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer List of Passive Resisters [The names in this list are…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in Bloemfontein. It later changes its name to the African National Congress (ANC) 1913 May, White miners…
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…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… R.G. Broadwood's forces at Sannaspos near Bloemfontein. This came three months after President Steyn …
PlaceThe Space
… Media and Performance, 25 January 2017, http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=South_African_Theatre/Bibliography . ↵ … Media and Performance. 25 January 2017…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… “real PAC members” will convene a “real congress” in Bloemfontein in August. “This is an unfortunate situation, … Mayekiso said 1000 delegates were expected…
EventBram Fischer born today
… lawyer and champion against apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, …
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: … SAP Security Branch (SB) personnel: Leonard Nkosi; turned ANC member killed. 27/10/77 SAP…
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… emerged out of many long and animated conversations in Bloemfontein and the initial work in the field was carried … research that two or three elderly people…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… A.B Xuma,the 6th President General of the ANC(1940 - 49) 44th National Conference: Letter on "certain … into splinters of disaffected groups, such as the ANC…
BiographyHenry Burton
… one of the founders of the African National Congress (ANC), would state in his Mafeking Diary that Burton was ‘a …
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… and went to South Africa. He decided on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein (a game reserve) as the location for the … and the members belonging to the History group…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Announcement of date for November Preparation and issues ANC constitutional Principles NP constitutional Principles … an unresolved issue between the African…
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… in politics in 1968 when he was elected MP for the Bloemfontein West constituency. As a MP, Coetsee served on …
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
… (Sociology Lecturer-University of Pretoria) [email protected] The sociologist Michael Burawoy argues that the …
PlaceJagersfontein
… holes in the World. This Town is located South-West of Bloemfontein . A 50-carat diamond was found on a Farm in 1870 … holes' in the World. This Town is…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… the Union of South Africa went ahead. The Formation of the ANC 1912 Preliminary drafts of the Union governments Natives’ … African Native National Congress…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… in the African National Congress , specifically, the ANC Women’s League , the Federation of South African Women , … National Congress, July 31, 1969), https:…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… to answer is: How could two supposedly sworn enemies, the ANC and the National Party, find common ground on which to … to examine and analyze two issues: 1)…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit , Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg , Durban … and is named after Peter Mokaba,…
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… At a National Party (NP) Congress in Bloemfontein, the South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha …
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein to launch a new national women’s movement, a …