The Motshabi Commission Report
The Motshabi Commission Report On 2 May 1975, the Motshabi Commission delivered an interim report on the condition of the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) existing People’s Army abroad. The “Commission on the State of Affairs in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in East Africa” was established by the ANC Revolutionary Council on 17 April 1975, with a mandate to investigate the causes of and possible remedies for the “deterioration of the standard of military life and…
Sports Boycotts Apartheid: Commonwealth Games Bans SA Athletes
Sports Boycotts Apartheid: Commonwealth Games Bans SA Athletes On 13 July 1986, exactly forty years ago, the Commonwealth Games officials in London ruled that two South African born athletes, Zola Budd and Annette Cowley, could not participate in the Commonwealth Games as athletes for England. The Commonwealth Games were to commence on 24 July 1986 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The governing body of the Games was already faced with the boycott of five black African nations…
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) is Created
The Black People’s Convention (BPC) is Created On 12 July 1972, the Black People Convention (BPC) was established after a three-day long conference at the Edendale Lay Ecumenical Centre in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. This became a new political movement twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Black students under the guiding principle that they identified themselves firstly as Black before being students formed this movement. The…
We Remember the Gallant Commander Ashley Kriel
We Remember the Gallant Commander Ashley Kriel For as long as the struggle for economic freedom lives, Comrade Ashley Kriel will never die! A selfless Cadre, a Revolutionary Young Lion and a Fearless Freedom Fighter.Comrade Ashley Kriel was a Combatant of the Glorious People’s Army, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Castro KhwelaGood morning fellow Compatriots!🙏🏾✊🏾👊🏾
The Rivonia Arrests – Apartheid Security Branch Pounces on the MK High Command
The Rivonia Arrests – Apartheid Security Branch Pounces on the MK High Command On the morning of 11 July 1963, Lieutenant van Wyk of the apartheid Security Branch had a briefing with a team of policemen telling them about a plan to use a dry-cleaning van to deceive the suspects, following his discovery in Rivonia after driving with his African informant, who indicated that he recognised a church. Meanwhile, Ruth First, a member of the…
WE REMEMBER SOLOMON MAHLANGU
WE REMEMBER SOLOMON MAHLANGU, WHO WOULD HAVE TURNED 70 YEARS YESTERDAY, 10 JULY 2026. A DEDICATED CADRE OF THE GLORIOUS PEOPLE'S ARMY, UMKHONTO WE SIZWE! LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF NO SURRENDER! Castro KhwelaGood morning fellow Compatriots!🙏🏾✊🏾👊🏾
Apartheid South Africa Signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Apartheid South Africa Signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Exactly 35 years ago, on 10 July 1991, apartheid South Africa, which was by then a nuclear-armed state, signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). When they signed the treaty, President F.W. de Klerk deliberately hid the truth that South Africa had secretly manufactured six nuclear bombs during the 1970s and 1980s. It should be remembered that the end of the Cold War had dramatically altered the…