The COSAS Four and the Callous Askaris
The COSAS Four and the Callous Askaris On the morning of 16 February 1982, at approximately 08:00, police arrived at an old pump room in the mining premises near the…
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February 16, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
The Brutal Murder of Bheki Mlangeni
The Brutal Murder of Bheki Mlangeni On 15 February 1991, 35-year-old Bheki Mlangeni, who was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s, died instantly after…
February 15, 2025
Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha
Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha On the morning of 14 February 1990, the Natal Witness newspaper estimated that fighting around Durban and Pietermaritzburg had resulted…
February 14, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
MK Mutiny in Angola: The Stuart Commission Report
MK Mutiny in Angola: The Stuart Commission Report Following the acts of mutiny in the Viana Transit Camp, on 13 February 1984, the Working Committee of the African National Congress…
February 14, 2025
1974-1975 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Adolphus Boy “JD” Mvemve
Adolphus Boy “JD” Mvemve On 12 February 1974, Adolphus Boy Mvemve (aka “John Dube”) was killed by a bomb in a parcel addressed to the offices of the African National…
February 12, 2025
1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Apartheid State Security Council Approves Cross-Border Operations
Apartheid State Security Council Approves Cross-Border Operations On 12 February 1979, the apartheid State Security Council (SSC), under the Prime Ministership of PW Botha, approved guidelines for the conducting of…
February 12, 2025
District Six Forcibly Removed
District Six Forcibly Removed District Six, also known as Kanaladorp (‘kanala’ is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is remembered with the disturbing events flowing from 11 February 1966,…
February 11, 2025
1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / FRELIMO / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi
On 10 February 1981, Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi succumbed to his wounds, when his guts were ripped open during an attack on the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Special Operations Unit Headquarters,…
February 10, 2025
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
Steyn Commission’s Total Strategy into the Mass Media
On 1 February 1982, the official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media, appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tabled its report. The “Steyn Commission”…
February 1, 2025
Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro
On 1 February 1974, when Abraham Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro opened a parcel at the house where he was living in St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Mission in Khale, eleven kilometres south…
February 1, 2025