Martha Moipone Motlhakwana was one of Free State’s fearless women who challenged and took a stand against the apartheid government. Born on the 23rd December 1906 in Leqwala in Thaba Nchu, she was a daughter to the Makabane family. She worked as a domestic worker for 22 years and she used to sell fish to provide for her family.
Constance Boniswa Tshabalala, ke moradi wa Sienah le Joseph Mothlale, o hlahile ka di 19 Phupu 1961 – matsatsi a 49 kamorao hore Afrika Borwa e be rephaboliki kantle ho British Commonwealth. Ha a na le selemo le halofo, o ile a ya dula le nkgonwae le ntatemoholwae, Michael le Mary Mothlale, le kgaitsedi ya hae Elsies River, Motsekapa.
Caleb Humalebe Motshabi was born on the 5th of November 1923 in Bethanie [a location that used to exist in Waaihoek]. The third child of the late Solomon Batshabeng and Maria Panyane Motshabi, he grew up in the Batho Township in Mangaung and attended school at St Bernard Primary School where he completed his Standard Six during the 1930s.
Constance Boniswa Tshabalala, the daughter of Sienah and Joseph Mothlale, was born on the 19thof July 1961 in Bloemfontein – 49 days after South Africa became a republic outside the British Commonwealth. At the age of one and a half years, she went to live with her grandparents, Michael and Mary Mothlale, and her brother in Elsies River, Cape Town.
Digaretene and the 1947 royal visit in Bloemfontein: an oral history overview
The narrative of Digaretene in Bochabela Township, East of Bloemfontein, dated back to 1947 when the British Royal family – King George VI, his wife Queen Elizabeth and their two daughters, Princess Elizabeth (the current Queen Elizabeth) and Princess Margaret – visited South Africa.
King George VI and his Royal family visited Bloemfontein as part of their tour of South Africa. The reason for the visit was to thank South Africa for the support that the country gave Britain during the Second World War [WWII]. The Municipality of Bloemfontein organized the construction of 24 houses, 12 built in Abdurahman Street and 12 built in Nyokong Street.