Chris Hani: We Have to Destroy that Regime (Message from the Army Commissar, Chris Hani, to cadres of the People’s Army, Umkhonto we Sizwe, Luanda, Angola, June 1984) “We are…
The People’s Army, MK G-5 Unit Attack on Booysens Police Station “Our Battle Cry is and will continue to be VICTORY OR DEATH WE SHALL WIN!” – ANC President O.R.…
Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 2 As concluded in Part 1, the acceptance of the “total national strategy” had two important effects – it changed the…
Nothing Will Change Our Resolve: 40th Anniversary of the Year of the People’s Army, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Excerpts from an Editorial Comment, “Nothing Will Change Our Resolve”, published in Dawn,…
Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 1 Introduction On 31 March 1977, the apartheid government released a Defence Force White Paper in the House of Assembly, which…
Battle of Mutale River – 28 March 1988 On 28 March 1988, nine Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Soldiers, aged between 19 and 21 years were surprised by heavy enemy fire…
Oliver Tambo: A Transfer of Political and Economic Power (Sechaba Interviews Oliver Tambo, Acting President-General of the African National Congress of South Africa, on Southern Africa, South Africa and the…
Cuito Cuanavale and the Pursuit of the African Revolution After the 23 March 1988 reversals at Cuito Cuanavale, apartheid South Africa began talks that culminated in the 22 December 1988…
Our Resolve is a Calm Resolve: Aborted SADF Raid at Ponto do Ouro On 18 March 1981, the front page of the Mozambican daily newspaper, “Noticias”, which was referred to…
Apartheid Enemy Agents: The Shishita Report and Challenges of Fazenda On 17 March 1981, a team from the African National Congress’s (ANC) Department of National Intelligence and Security (NAT) Security…