African liberation movement

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Cuito Cuanavale / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

New York Agreements 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 the parties to request the United Nations…

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December 22, 2024

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

The Berlin Conference and the Carve-up of Africa: Part 4

Ruth Nhere The Advent of Neo-Colonialism The intensified activities of the imperialist powers could not, however, prevent an upswing in the national liberation struggle and the birth of Africa’s first…

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December 21, 2024

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

The Berlin Conference and the Carve-up of Africa: Part 2

Ruth Nhere In South Africa In South Africa, the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1880s was to establish the region as a vital base of imperialist interests. “The…

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December 19, 2024

African liberation movement / Battles / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

A REFLECTIVE HEROES DAY

Perhaps one should begin by saying that the relative freedoms we enjoy today, albeit not yet reflective of what we envisaged in the Freedom Charter, did not come cheap. It…

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December 16, 2024

1974-1975 / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

Kaunda Refuses to Take Part in UK Talks

On 6 December 1977, Zambian President Kenneth David Kaunda refused to take part in talks that only involved the so-called moderates in Zimbabwe, excluding the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)…

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December 7, 2024