MK Botswana Machinery Unit Compromised
On the morning of 13 January 1979, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Botswana Machinery Unit of seven combatants was waiting in the bush on their route to Ga-Rankuwa. The Unit…
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January 13, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Beginnings of Mkatashinga (MK Mutiny in Angola)
On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) arrived at Caculama, the main training centre of its military wing,…
January 12, 2025
1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Battles / Quotes of inspiration / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Beginnings of the Anglo-Zulu War: 11 January 1879
On 11 January 1879, when General Chelmsford’s ultimatum to the Zulu Ingonyama uCetshwayo kaMpande to disband the regiments and lay down arms had been ignored, a British Army of approximately…
January 11, 2025
1967-1968 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / Quotes of inspiration / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Chris Hani on The Wankie Campaign
“I mean, you judge yourself, being around, crossing from the Zambezi River near Livingstone and then to Botswana and going all in zig-zags, see. And not moving straight along a…
January 8, 2025
1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Hani Memorandum (An Analysis)
Around 7 January 1969, Chris Hani and six other Comrades signed a document, later known as the “Hani Memorandum”, that accused the African National Congress (ANC) in exile of being…
January 7, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Northern Transvaal Group of Five – Part 2
On 26 December 1987, Mncube and one of his comrades, “Peter”, decided to flee, while the helicopter machine gun fire pursued them. After the helicopter ceased the pursuit, Mncube informed…
January 3, 2025
Umkhonto we Sizwe G-6 Unit Attack on the Wonderboom Police Station
In the evening of 26 December 1981, which was a holiday referred to as “Boxing Day” in South Africa, members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Transvaal Urban Machinery’s G-6 Unit,…
December 26, 2024
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Cuito Cuanavale / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
New York Agreements Signed Towards Resolution 435 Implementation
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…
December 22, 2024
A REFLECTIVE HEROES DAY
Perhaps one should begin by saying that the relative freedoms we enjoy today, albeit not yet reflective of what we envisaged in the Freedom Charter, did not come cheap. It…
December 16, 2024
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