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…
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…
The Abduction of Sheila Nyanda from Swaziland On 24 May 1987, two days after the ambush and murder of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Transvaal Urban Machinery Chief of Operations,…
The Assassination of Theophilus “Viva” Dlodlo On 22 May 1987, after a brief appearance at a party in the Thembelihle location of Mbabane, Swaziland, Theophilus Sidima Dlodlo, (aka “Viva Zenge”),…
The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 2 On 21 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) admitted that their Mission to Africa initiative had failed. This followed their meeting with…
The George Hodges Hijacking Incident On the morning of 19 May 1989, a contingent of 174 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, who had been withdrawn from Angola as part of…
The Pango Mutiny: Part 2 – Recovering the Camp On 18 May 1984, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Angola, under the leadership of Timothy “Bra T” Mokoena,…
The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 1 On 17 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG), consisting of its co-chairmen, Malcolm Fraser of Australia and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, along…
The Sudden Arrest of the Western Cape “Mobile Unit” In the morning of 16 May 1987, apartheid Security Branch Captain William Liebenberg produced a photo of Pieter Jacobs during his…