The Brutal Murder of Bheki Mlangeni On 15 February 1991, 35-year-old Bheki Mlangeni, who was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s, died instantly after…
Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha On the morning of 14 February 1990, the Natal Witness newspaper estimated that fighting around Durban and Pietermaritzburg had resulted…
MK Mutiny in Angola: The Stuart Commission Report Following the acts of mutiny in the Viana Transit Camp, on 13 February 1984, the Working Committee of the African National Congress…
Describing the National Democratic Revolution “In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favorable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But this…
Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison On 11 February 1990, at around 16:16 in the afternoon, recently released leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, emerged from Victor…
De Klerk Addresses Parliament as New National Party Leader On 8 February 1989, F.W. de Klerk made his first major statement as National Party leader, when addressing the Tri-cameral Parliament,…
On 7 February 1990, the Transkei leader, Major General Bantu Holomisa, announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party…
MK Mutiny in Viana – The Leadership Intervenes On 7 February 1984, Chris Hani, Andrew Masondo, Joe Modise and two members of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Liberation Committee…
On the afternoon of Monday, 6 February 1984, a general meeting of cadres was held around the swimming pool in Viana Transit Camp, outside the capital of Angola, Luanda, which…
ANC President OR Tambo Radio Freedom Interview on Talks On 5 February 1986, in an interview held with the African National Congress (ANC) President OR Tambo on Radio Freedom, the…