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Bloemfontein district. In 1904, he was instrumental in the forming of the Orange River Colony Vigilance Association and in 1906 became its office bearer. The establishment and the formation of the Native Vigilance Association and the Orange River Colony Native Association (later named the Orange River Native Congress – ORNC), paved the way for Mapikela's political prominence. These political parties mainly fought for the enfranchisement of black people, including granting full political rights to blacks and safeguarding the political, social and religious welfare of African people. In June 1906, Mapikela was elected the secretary general of the ORNC. In 1909, the anti-union delegation, led by William Schreiner, included Mapikela, John Tengo Jabavu, Abdullah Abdurrahman, Walter Rubusana, and Matt Fredericks. These men travelled to London to protest the British government with their racist provisions of the draft of the South African Act. Their voyage was however unsuccessful as clauses of the SA Act were included in the Union of South Africa. As the president of the Free State Native Congress, Mapikela played a prominent role in the establishment of the
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199:– the Wesleyan School Church. In Waaihoek, Mapikela owned two houses which were demolished during the forced removal of black people from the area. Black people from Waaihoek were then moved to Batho Location. He was not permitted to own two houses and then subsequently built himself a double-storey house. He was the only person in the whole of Batho Township who was permitted to own a double-storey house. Batho Township was laid out in 1918 and the building of the new houses commenced soon thereafter.
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house, partially hidden by a second step, is the inscription ‘Ulundi-Kaya’ which literally means the ‘horizon house’. For a while, it was believed that
Mapikela House was the founding venue of the ANC. However, research has concluded that this was not so. As the house in Batho was only built several years after the founding of the ANC, it is decidedly not the founding venue of the ANC. The house was built between 1923 and 1926.
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Some of these travellers slept in this house due to the fact that during that time the hotels had restrictions in terms of accommodating black people. Travellers who did not want to sleep in dilapidated, unsafe waiting rooms at the stations, opted for the
Mapikela House. Unfortunately, no restaurants in the city would serve black people and therefore Mapikela opened his house to black people for catering and dining services.
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Britain in 1900, black political parties emerged. Mapikela was one of the members of the delegation which went to Britain to protest the Act of the Union of South Africa. In May 1903, he became a member of the Bloemfontein Native Vigilance Committee (BNCV) which superseded the Native Committee of
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Mapikela also housed prominent visitors from outside
Bloemfontein in his house and therefore it became a lodging house. This house accommodated travellers from all over the country who visited Bloemfontein for personal, political and non-political reasons and who used trains as a mode of transport.
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Mapikela House is situated on stand number 22093 in Batho Location in Bloemfontein. It is situated at the corner of Community and Makgothi Streets. This house became the meeting place for the ANC as well as the community. On the rising of the step leading to the front door of the
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Bloemfontein community at large. Due to the lack of
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Waaihoek Township was situated close to where the Bloemfontein power station and cooling towers stand today. There also stands the founding home of the
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Bloemfontein. In a speech on 25 November 1940, Mapikela said:
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