The Largest Group of MK Recruits Arrested in the Early 1960s On the morning of 10 June 1963, at approximately 06:00, when apartheid Police Sergeant Ferreira arrived at the Rustenburg…
The Moroka Three: Judiciously Murdered by the Apartheid Regime On 9 June 1983, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) operatives, Jerry Semano Mosololi (aka “Dragon Mosepedi”), Thelle Simon Mogoerane (aka “Seiso Moletsane”) and…
First Piet Retief Ghastly MK Natal Machinery Ambush In the evening of 8 June 1988, a Toyota Corolla approached from the direction of Houtkop with its lights dimmed and the…
The Arrest and Judicial Murder of Sipho Xulu and Lucky Payi On 7 June 1984, Sipho Brigitte “MaChina” Xulu (aka “Mpisekhaya”) and Clarence Lucky Payi (aka “Sihle”) were arrested by…
Tribute to the Legendary Rashid Lombard “Artists give people something they didn’t know they were missing.” – Daniel Pink The jazz photographer and political photojournalist, Rashid Lombard, gave custody of…
June 16 Detachment’s Training in Novo Catengue On 6 June 1977, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) military parade took place in a camp called Novo Catengue, in Benguela, Angola. The…
Vorster’s Diabolical Reaction to Unrests Based on Tiro’s Speech On 6 June 1972, the Johannesburg newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail, wrote the following in its first page, “… we have…
Petrus Nzima Nyawose and his Wife Jabu Brutally Murdered On 5 June 1982, The New York Times newspaper published an article that on 4 June 1982, Petrus “Nzima” Nyawose was…
Reaction to the MK Special Ops SASOL I and II Attacks On 4 June 1980, African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo’s predictions that the SASOL attack would herald an…
Taking the War to the White Areas Campaign On 3 June 1988, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Chief of Staff Chris Hani and Army Commissar Steve Tshwete were interviewed by John…