1984-1990

Read more about the article Chris Hani: The Demand of the Time
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / 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)

Chris Hani: The Demand of the Time

Chris Hani: The Demand of the Time (Address by Chris Hani, the Deputy Commander and Commissar of Umkhonto we Sizwe, to the MK People’s Army, Luanda, Angola, January 1986) “1985…

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December 31, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: On Talks
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: On Talks

Oliver Tambo: On Talks (ANC President O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, January 1986). The ANC met many people both openly…

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December 28, 2025
Read more about the article Operation Butterfly: Fighting Continuously & Boldly
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) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

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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December 24, 2025
Read more about the article Tripartite Agreement Signed: Towards Resolution 435 Implementation
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cuito Cuanavale / Front Line States / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

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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December 23, 2025
Read more about the article The Heartless and Vicious 1985 Lesotho Raid
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / 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)

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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December 20, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: Victory or Death
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

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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December 16, 2025
Read more about the article SECHABA: “Taking the Struggle to the White Areas”
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

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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December 5, 2025
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: The Spirit of Arusha is a Challenge to Us
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / 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)

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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December 4, 2025