Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border In the evening of 25 March 1976, apartheid Security Branch Major Jacobus de Swardt was leading a section of nine…
Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland On 23 March 1976, when Thabo Mbeki was apprehended on the roadside, from Mozambique to Manzini, he did not know that Jacob Zuma…
The Disbandment of the Apartheid SADF 31 Battalion On 7 March 1993, the apartheid South African Defence Force’s (SADF) 31 Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape…
Adolphus Boy “JD” Mvemve On 12 February 1974, Adolphus Boy Mvemve (aka “John Dube”) was killed by a bomb in a parcel addressed to the offices of the African National…
Around 15 December 1975, the South African Communist Party (SACP) released a Statement titled, “The Enemy Hidden Under the Same Colour”, which was later published in “The African Communist”, Second…
On 6 December 1977, Zambian President Kenneth David Kaunda refused to take part in talks that only involved the so-called moderates in Zimbabwe, excluding the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)…
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…
On 3 December 1975, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma left the country to Swaziland in order to escape the wave of arrests following the interception of a group of African National Congress…