1984-1990

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Chris Hani: Burning Questions of Our Times

Chris Hani: Burning Questions of Our Times (In February 1985, the Army Commissar of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Chris Hani, made an evaluation of the revolutionary situation inside South Africa to…

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February 17, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: We Must Protect Our Revolutionary Struggle

Oliver Tambo: We Must Protect Our Revolutionary Struggle (ANC President O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom, 5 February 1986). “It is the armed component of our struggle which causes…

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February 5, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / Sanctions / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Carte Blanche Denied Permission to Quote Oliver Tambo

Carte Blanche Denied Permission to Quote Oliver Tambo On 30 January 1987, the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the South African mainstream media denying Carte Blanche,…

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January 30, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Culture and the National Struggle

Culture and the National Struggle “The point is that, as (Vladimir Ilyich) Lenin pointed out, in every culture there are to be found progressive elements which can be harnessed to…

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January 29, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo Meets with US Secretary of State George Shultz

Oliver Tambo Meets with US Secretary of State George Shultz On 28 January 1987, Oliver Tambo, President of the African National Congress (ANC), met with the United States Secretary of…

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January 28, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

1986 Lesotho Coup D’état: An Analysis

1986 Lesotho Coup D’état: An Analysis Forty years ago, on 20 January 1986, apartheid South Africa’s pressure, which was applied since the beginning of the year, helped to engineer a…

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January 21, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Limpet Mine Explodes Substation in Durban

Limpet Mine Explodes Substation in Durban Forty years ago, in the evening of 9 January 1986, a limpet mine exploded and damaged a substation in Jacobs, Durban. Later a second…

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January 9, 2026

1912 – 1943 / 1984-1990 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Biographies and Obituaries / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

Ahmed Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré, born 9 January 1922, and passed on 26 March 1984, was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first President of…

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January 9, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

ANC Declares 1986 the Year of Umkhonto we Sizwe – the People’s Army

ANC Declares 1986 the Year of Umkhonto we Sizwe – the People’s Army Exactly forty years ago, on 8 January 1986, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National…

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January 8, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Quotes of inspiration

Oliver Tambo: Emulate Moshoeshoe

Oliver Tambo: Emulate Moshoeshoe “Today, the voice of Moshoeshoe is calling on us to unite. The enemy is busy trying to set African against African, and black people against one…

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January 8, 2026