1979-1983

Read more about the article South Africa-Mozambique Talks in Paris
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Patriotic Front / RENAMO / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

South Africa-Mozambique Talks in Paris

South Africa-Mozambique Talks in Paris On 5 December 1980, a four-man apartheid South African delegation led by the Director-General of Foreign Affairs, Brand Fourie, secretly met with a three-person Mozambican…

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December 5, 2025
Read more about the article Remembering Petrus Linda Jabane: “The Lion of Chiawelo”
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Remembering Petrus Linda Jabane: “The Lion of Chiawelo”

Remembering Petrus Linda Jabane: “The Lion of Chiawelo” Exactly 45 years ago, on the morning of 21 November 1980, at around 04:00, members of the apartheid Security Police knocked on…

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November 21, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: The Beast is in the Open
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: The Beast is in the Open

Oliver Tambo: The Beast is in the Open (Extracts of a Speech by African National Congress President Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in Solidarity with the Struggle of the…

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November 1, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: Forward to a People’s Government
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

Oliver Tambo: Forward to a People’s Government

Oliver Tambo: Forward to a People’s Government (Extracts from a Statement of the African National Congress by President Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980) “On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime…

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October 31, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: Let Us Rise to the Occasion
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: Let Us Rise to the Occasion

Oliver Tambo: Let Us Rise to the Occasion (Extracts of a Speech by Comrade President O. R. Tambo on the Occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th Anniversary of the African…

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October 30, 2025
Read more about the article SACP Announces the Death of Chairman Yusuf Dadoo
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

SACP Announces the Death of Chairman Yusuf Dadoo

SACP Announces the Death of Chairman Yusuf Dadoo On the morning of 20 September 1983, the South African Communist Party (SACP) announced the passing on of its Chairman and political…

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September 21, 2025