A visit to the house of Thomas Mapikela (a founding member of the SANNC) lived in the Bloemfontein townships of Waaihoek and Batho. Mapikela owned two houses in Waaihoek, both of which were demolished when the township was destroyed to make way for a railway to the Cape. In the new township of Batho where blacks were relocated to, Mapikela was only allowed to build one house – so he built a double-storey one. The SANNC was formed there in 1912, and it was the ANC headquarters in the years that followed. We were honored to meet the grand daughter inlaw of the late Thomas Mapikela. She still currently stays in the house when we visited. She shared some stories with us of events that happened in the house. #FStourism19 #TourismMonth19 #adventureinFS #exploringfs #FSMediaTour19 #waaihoek #history #culture ##ThomasMapikela #hiddengems #mzanzitravel #mzanzitravelwashere #vukatours #FreeState (at Bloemfontein, Free State) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2sxIjHJOGx/?igshid=ya3iiqseu2tw