The Heartless and Vicious 1985 Lesotho Raid
During the early hours of 20 December 1985, at around 01:00, Vlakplaas Commander Eugene de Kock was leading a unit of six men, as they were deployed at one of…
1 Comment
December 20, 2024
1990 – 1994 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
SADF ‘Third Force’-Related Officers Dismissed by De Klerk
On 19 December 1992, apartheid State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including two Generals and four Brigadiers, were being forcibly…
December 19, 2024
1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
MK Special Operations Koeberg Explosions
On Saturday, 18 December 1982, four explosions occurred at Africa's only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, situated north of Cape Town. The banned African National Congress (ANC) accepted responsibility for the…
December 18, 2024
1943-1960 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)
ANC adopts the Youth League Programme of Action
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…
December 17, 2024
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
ANC Declares 1986 the Year of Umkhonto we Sizwe – the People’s Army
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,…
December 16, 2024
The Abduction of Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim from Swaziland
On the evening of 15 December 1986, at around 22:00, when the Chairman of the ANC's Regional Political-Military Committee in Swaziland, Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, was watching television with his gardener,…
December 15, 2024
Gang of Eight Expelled from the African National Congress (ANC)
Around 15 December 1975, the South African Communist Party (SACP) released a Statement titled, “The Enemy Hidden Under the Same Colour”, which was later published in “The African Communist”, Second…
December 15, 2024
MK G-6 Unit Launch Attacks from the Apies River Underground Base
On 14 December 1981, members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Transvaal Urban Machinery’s G-6 Unit under the command of Simon Thelle Mogoerane headed to the Capital Park electricity substation…
December 14, 2024
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Ingwavuma Unit Suffers Arrests – Part 3
Accordingly, on 10 November 1984, Robert Dumisa noted in his diary that his Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Ingwavuma Unit Commissar told him that the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF)…
December 13, 2024
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
OR Tambo Returns from Exile
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…
December 13, 2024