1964-1967

1964-1967 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / FRELIMO / Pan Africanism / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Challenges Over the Bechuanaland Route

Challenges Over the Bechuanaland Route On 29 May 1966, Mack Futha was deported to Zambia, thus implying that his mission to establish a pipeline into South Africa through Bechuanaland was…

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May 29, 2025

1964-1967 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / FRELIMO / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation

Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation On 12 May 1966, when the Executive Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Standing Committee on Defence circulated a report during their…

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May 12, 2025

1964-1967 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Remembering Malcolm X

Remembering Malcolm X Exactly 60 years ago, 21 February 1965 marks a dark day in African and American history. After receiving numerous threats, Malcolm X was assassinated at the young…

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February 21, 2025

1964-1967 / Apartheid Police

District Six Forcibly Removed

District Six Forcibly Removed District Six, also known as Kanaladorp (‘kanala’ is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is remembered with the disturbing events flowing from 11 February 1966,…

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February 11, 2025

1964-1967 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Abram Fischer Forfeits Bail

On 25 January 1965, Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, failed to arrive in court, forfeited his bail and disappeared. He went underground and was…

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January 25, 2025

1961-1964 / 1964-1967 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Little Rivonia Trialists

On 5 January 1965, three members of the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba and Andrew Masondo, including an unknown Raymond Nyanda, arrived…

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January 5, 2025

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The Clausewitzian and Heuristic: Evolution of the ANC Armed Struggle

The Dependent Pillar of the South African Revolution. The paper tries to address the armed struggle as one of the pillars of theSouth African revolution, especially its adoption, together with…

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December 6, 2024