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1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Biographies and Obituaries / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Paying Homage to the “Dolphin”: Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi

Paying Homage to the “Dolphin”: Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi On 10 February 1981, Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi (aka “Dolphin Ngake”) succumbed to his wounds, when his guts were ripped open during an…

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February 10, 2026

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Battles / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage

INgonyama UDingane’s Warrior Cry: “Bulalani Abathakathi!”

INgonyama UDingane’s Warrior Cry: “Bulalani Abathakathi!” On 6 February 1838, following the “signing” of the “uMgungundlovu Treaty” between iNgonyama uDingane kaSenzangakhona and the leader of the Voortrekkers in the East…

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February 7, 2026

1961-1964 / 1974-1975 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Fidel Castro: An Act of Solidarity in Angola

Fidel Castro: An Act of Solidarity in Angola Exactly 65 years ago, 4 February 1961, was the beginning of the Angolan War of Independence, called the “Dia do Início da…

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February 5, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Angola Defeats Counter-Revolution: Lessons for South Africa

Angola Defeats Counter-Revolution: Lessons for South Africa “Imperialism manoeuvred to sabotage our independence to divide the country, persistently trying to disrupt the MPLA through the infiltration of agents, attempts at…

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February 2, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Apartheid Murder in Matola: 30 January 1981

Apartheid Murder in Matola: 30 January 1981 “… there have never been any ANC bases or camps in Mozambique. There are residences … and if the qualification to make a…

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February 1, 2026

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Battles / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Inkinga wena kaNdaba iseSandlwana

Inkinga wena kaNdaba iseSandlwana (The Complication, Son of Ndaba – referring to Cetshwayo – Is What Happened at Isandlwana) “… the Zulus … did what no European army can do.…

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January 22, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Hands Off the People’s Republic of Angola: Africa Stands Firm Against Imperialism

Hands Off the People’s Republic of Angola: Africa Stands Firm Against Imperialism On 13 January 1976, Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), William Aurelien Eteki Mboumoua, issued…

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January 14, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

MK Botswana Machinery Unit Compromised

MK Botswana Machinery Unit Compromised On the morning of 13 January 1979, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Botswana Machinery Unit of seven combatants were waiting in the bush on their…

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January 13, 2026

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Battles / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage

The British Invade Zululand

The British Invade Zululand On 11 January 1879, Ingonyama uCetshwayo kaMpande had already learnt from his intelligence team that the British were invading his country in great force, and the…

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January 11, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Limpet Mine Explodes Substation in Durban

Limpet Mine Explodes Substation in Durban Forty years ago, in the evening of 9 January 1986, a limpet mine exploded and damaged a substation in Jacobs, Durban. Later a second…

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January 9, 2026