“Bra Gib” Gibson Mthuthuzeli Kente: How Long HOW LONG: Written and first performed in 1973, it is a melodramatic musical play with political undertones in the township style, it is…
Stephen Bantu Biko: Brutally Murdered in Detention On 12 September 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko died alone in a cell after having been driven in the back of a Land Rover,…
ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT Yunus Carrim For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely…
Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission, near to KwaDukuza (Stanger). His father was one of…
MK Commander Looksmart Ngudle Dies in Detention On 5 September 1963, Looksmart Ngudle became the first person to die in detention in the history of the South African liberation struggle.…
Reports on the Brutal Murder of Ruth First On 18 August 1982, South African newspapers reported that Heloise Ruth First, the wife of Joe Slovo, the Chief of Staff of…
Remembering Florence Mophosho (1921 – 1985): Forty Years On (Obituary, “Florence Mophosho, 1921 – 1985”, Sechaba, November 1985) The South African national democratic revolution lost one of its most stout-hearted…
Victoria Mxenge Remembered: 40 Years On Amidst the endemic assassination of activists, she was not deterred. She mustered the courage to call the murders “dastardly acts of cowardice” and that…
Remembering John Garang: 20 Years On John Garang De Mabior died in a helicopter crash on 30 July 2005. Even when John Garang promoted the New Sudan Vision (NSV) over…
Luthuli Detachment: OR Tambo Reacts to Luthuli’s Mysterious Death On 22 July 1967, following a memorial service held for the late President-General of the African National Congress (ANC), Inkosi Albert…
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