The George Hodges Hijacking Incident On the morning of 19 May 1989, a contingent of 174 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, who had been withdrawn from Angola as part of…
The Pango Mutiny: Part 2 – Recovering the Camp On 18 May 1984, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Angola, under the leadership of Timothy “Bra T” Mokoena,…
Challenges Towards the Kabwe Conference On 14 May 1985, at around 10:00 in the morning, behind a block of flats near Northside Primary School in Gaborone’s Extension 9, an African…
The Pango Mutiny: Part 1 – the Brutal Sunday On 13 May 1984, at the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) camp in Pango, approximately 45 kilometres from Quibaxe town, north of…
Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation On 12 May 1966, when the Executive Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Standing Committee on Defence circulated a report during their…
The Incredible MK Transvaal Urban Machinery On the morning of 4 May 1979, various newspapers reported that on the evening of 3 May 1979, guerrillas, which consisted of Nicholas Nicky…
The Motshabi Commission Report On 2 May 1975, the Motshabi Commission delivered an interim report on the condition of the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) existing People’s Army abroad. The “Commission…
Amandla Cultural Ensemble: Promoting SA Liberation Cultural Heritage At the end of the weekend of 29 April 1979, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), taking the cue from…
Morogoro Consultative Conference Strategy and Tactics The African Masses – the Main Force for Liberation It has to be acknowledged, and it cannot be denied that the major accomplishment of…
The Morogoro Consultative Conference of the African National Congress (Merged extracts of articles from Sechaba, July 1969 and July 1979) “CLOSE RANKS! This is the order to our people; our…