Mandela and De Klerk Meet for the First Time On 5 April 1990, an informal three-hour meeting in Cape Town between Nelson Mandela, as a “free man”, and President F.W.…
ANC Calls on OAU (Organisation of African Unity) to Increase Our Striking Power Extracts of the Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation…
Nelson Mandela’s Historic Political Rally On 1 April 1990, African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, addressed a crowd of over 300 000 supporters in Port Elizabeth in what…
Cuba Awards ANC President OR Tambo the Order of Playa Giron On 24 March 1986, at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, African National Congress (ANC) President O.R.…
A Tense Mozambican Atmosphere after the Nkomati Accord On 24 March 1984, a New York Times newspaper report claimed that according to African National Congress (ANC) officials in Maputo, the…
Oliver Tambo Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa On 22 March 1989, addressing a one-day meeting of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern, Oliver…
Apartheid Enemy Agents Piper and Oshkosh Arrested On 17 March 1981, a team from the African National Congress’ (ANC) Department of National Intelligence and Security (NAT) Security Sector visited Mac…
Reflecting on the Nkomati Accord and Southern Africa On 16 March 1984, the two leaders of Mozambique and apartheid South Africa, Presidents Samora Machel and P.W. Botha, proceeded to a…
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Novo Catengue Camp is Closed On 16 March 1979, a huge number of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) combatants arrived in Pango Camp, as well as others…
ANC Headquarters in London is Bombed On 14 March 1982, the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters in Islington, London, England, was bombed. Historically, these offices served as the ANC’s headquarters…