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Read more about the article World Refugee Day and the Years of Exile
1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

World Refugee Day and the Years of Exile

World Refugee Day and the Years of Exile June 20 is recognized as “World Refugee Day”, a day designated by the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency, the United Nations High…

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June 20, 2025
Read more about the article MK Mobilising the First Group for the Wankie Campaign
1967-1968 / 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 Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

MK Mobilising the First Group for the Wankie Campaign

MK Mobilising the First Group for the Wankie Campaign On 19 June 1967, following the meeting held at Dr Randeree’s plot in Lusaka two days before, a large group of…

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June 19, 2025
Read more about the article The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted

The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted On 18 June 1982, the Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the…

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June 19, 2025
Read more about the article Preparing for Joint MK-ZIPRA and MK-FRELIMO Campaigns June 1967
1967-1968 / 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 Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Preparing for Joint MK-ZIPRA and MK-FRELIMO Campaigns June 1967

Preparing for Joint MK-ZIPRA and MK-FRELIMO Campaigns June 1967 On 17 June 1967, in a little cottage situated on Dr Randeree’s plot in Lusaka, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Commanders, Lawrence…

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June 17, 2025
Read more about the article 1976 To the Present (1986): Joe Slovo on Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Strategy
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

1976 To the Present (1986): Joe Slovo on Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Strategy

1976 To the Present (1986): Joe Slovo on Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Strategy Then came Soweto 1976 and the events connected to it in Southern Africa, i.e. the liberation of…

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June 17, 2025
Read more about the article African National Congress Reaction to the 1988 Piet Retief Ambushes
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 / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

African National Congress Reaction to the 1988 Piet Retief Ambushes

African National Congress Reaction to the 1988 Piet Retief Ambushes On 15 June 1988, following the June 8 and 12 Piet Retief ambushes, the African National Congress (ANC) launched an…

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June 15, 2025
Read more about the article Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets

Forty Years of the 1985 Botswana Massacre: The Victims were Very ‘Soft’ Targets (Adapted from an Article by a Sechaba Special Correspondent, August 1985). On the night of 14 June…

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June 14, 2025
Read more about the article Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On
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Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On

Thami Mnyele Coldheartedly Murdered: 40 Years On On 14 June 1985, Thami Mnyele was shot dead by apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) soldiers outside his home in Gaborone. He…

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June 14, 2025