Operation Butterfly: Fighting Continuously & Boldly

Operation Butterfly: Fighting Continuously & Boldly In the morning of 24 December 1985, the apartheid Security Branch reported that it had arrested top ranking African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto…

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Tripartite Agreement Signed: Towards Resolution 435 Implementation

Tripartite Agreement Signed: Towards Resolution 435 Implementation On 22 December 1988, representatives of Angola, Cuba and South Africa signed a final Tripartite Agreement in New York City which called on…

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The Heartless and Vicious 1985 Lesotho Raid

The Heartless and Vicious 1985 Lesotho Raid Exactly forty years ago, during the early hours of 20 December 1985, at around 01:00, Vlakplaas Commander Eugene de Kock was leading a…

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Oliver Tambo: Victory or Death

Oliver Tambo: Victory or Death (“Umkhonto we Sizwe – Born of the People”: Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress Delivered by Commander-in-Chief OR Tambo on…

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SECHABA: “Taking the Struggle to the White Areas”

SECHABA: “Taking the Struggle to the White Areas” In the December 1985 issue of the African National Congress (ANC) journal, “Sechaba”, it reproduced a leaflet that had been distributed inside…

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Oliver Tambo: The Spirit of Arusha is a Challenge to Us

Oliver Tambo: The Spirit of Arusha is a Challenge to Us (Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC Conference “Peoples of the World United Against Apartheid for a Democratic…

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ANC Arusha Conference

ANC Arusha Conference On 1 – 4 December 1987, the African National Congress (ANC) called a Conference under the theme: “People of the World Unite Against Apartheid for a Democratic…

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