On 6 January 1995, Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's revolutionary struggle and national reconciliation, died after a long battle…
On 1 January 1979, a Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) was appointed at a Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting in Luanda, Angola, following the visit to…
On 31 December 1989, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) ex-mutineers considered the issue of resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This followed a document issued on 28 December 1989,…
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…
On 17 December 1949, the African National Congress (ANC) adopted a Programme of Action at its 1949 December conference, which marked one of the most important turning points in the…
On 8 January 1986, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) declared 1986 the Year of Umkhonto we Sizwe – the People’s Army. Delivering the Statement,…
On 13 December 1990, Oliver Tambo, former President of the African National Congress (ANC) and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), returned to South Africa after going…