Monthly Archives: March 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Cuito Cuanavale / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Cuito Cuanavale and the Pursuit of the African Revolution

Cuito Cuanavale and the Pursuit of the African Revolution After the 23 March 1988 reversals at Cuito Cuanavale, apartheid South Africa began talks that culminated in the 22 December 1988…

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March 23, 2026

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Patrice Lumumba: A True and Only History of Africa

Patrice Lumumba: A True and Only History of Africa Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrote these words in a final letter to his…

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March 23, 2026

Announcements / Monthly / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle

Step into the Footsteps of Heroes

History is not merely a static collection of dates or a silent archive of the departed; it is a living entity that breathes through the very soil of our nation.…

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March 23, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland

Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland Fifty years ago, on 22 March 1976, Jacob Zuma and Albert Dhlomo were arrested in Manzini, Swaziland, and were found with ammunition and…

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March 22, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Oliver Tambo: Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa

Oliver Tambo: Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa On 22 March 1989, addressing a one-day meeting of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa,…

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March 22, 2026

1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

Nelson Mandela on the Sharpeville Massacre

Nelson Mandela on the Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville Massacre occurred 66 years ago, on 21 March 1960, outside the police station in the Vaal township of Sharpeville, in the then…

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March 21, 2026

Phillip Kgosana during the historic march to Cape Town on the 21st March 1960.

1943-1960 / Announcements / Monthly / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle

30,000 Hearts, One Voice – The Langa March

The story of the 1960 Langa March is a powerful testament to the courage of South African youth. It is a narrative of 30,000 people moving with a single, disciplined…

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March 21, 2026

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

Isolate the Enemies of Freedom: 55 Years On

Isolate the Enemies of Freedom: 55 Years On (Organisation of Africa Unity Message for the International Year of Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination [1971], titled “Isolate the Enemies…

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March 20, 2026

1943-1960 / Announcements / Monthly / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle

66 Years since the Sharpeville Massacre

On the 21st of March, The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), led by its founding President Robert Sobukwe, marched peacefully and unarmed to the Orlando police station in Soweto and demanded to…

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March 20, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered Exactly, 50 years ago, on 19 March 1976, the apartheid government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph “Mkhuthuzi”…

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March 19, 2026