Nothing Will Change Our Resolve:
40th Anniversary of the Year of the People’s Army, Umkhonto we Sizwe
(Excerpts from an Editorial Comment, “Nothing Will Change Our Resolve”, published in Dawn, the Journal of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Vol.10, No. 4, 1986).
Lest We Forget
“As our people are determined that nothing will stop our forward march to victory, the minority regime is determined that nothing short of bloodshed will destroy apartheid. Commando units known as municipality police have been trained and deployed in Queenstown and Soweto. Vigilantes and assassination squads, the ‘A Teams’ have also joined forces wit the racist army and police in an undeclared war of terror against our people.
“No amount of terror, repression, police or army presence in our townships can change our resolve to fight for a democratic and non-racial South Africa. Years of peaceful struggles and protests have only taught us one lesson, that apartheid is violence and through violence it must be destroyed.
“The call on us to multiply our offensive must be taken with the urgency it deserves. In carrying out this task we must improve our organisational skills and forms of combat. We must weave and build ourselves into a solid and powerful base of revolutionary armed activities. We must have clandestine units that will sustain and support our armed offensive against the regime. Throughout the country, in our townships, countryside and white areas the order is: ATTACK, ADVANCE
