Cross-Border Raids

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Heroes and Veterans Remembered

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Heroes and Veterans Remembered (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by the…

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November 12, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Consolidation and Further Advance

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Consolidation and Further Advance (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by the…

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November 11, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Counter-Revolution in the Frontline States

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Counter-Revolution in the Frontline States (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by…

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November 10, 2025

1976 – 1978 / 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) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: Racists Humiliated

Oliver Tambo: Racists Humiliated (Oliver Tambo, President of the African National Congress of South Africa, spent two weeks in the People’s Republic of Angola as a guest of the Popular…

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October 21, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Horrific Execution of Phila Portia Ndwandwe

The Horrific Execution of Phila Portia Ndwandwe On the morning of 4 October 1988, Portia Phila Ndwandwe (aka “Zandile” or “Zandie”), was transported by the apartheid Security Branch to a…

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October 4, 2025

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

BJ Vorster Tenders his Resignation as Apartheid Prime Minister

BJ Vorster Tenders his Resignation as Apartheid Prime Minister On 19 September 1978, John Vorster shocked the nation by tendering his resignation as Prime Minister for the apartheid government, at…

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September 20, 2025

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

MK-ZIPRA Cooperation – For MK Infiltration through Matabeleland

MK-ZIPRA Cooperation – For MK Infiltration through Matabeleland On 15 September 1978, five combatants of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) arrived at the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) residence in Francistown,…

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September 16, 2025

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Biographies and Obituaries / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT

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…

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September 14, 2025

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

The Abduction and Atrocious Murder of Nokuthula Aurelia Simelane

The Abduction and Atrocious Murder of Nokuthula Aurelia Simelane On the evening of 11 September 1983, commanding personnel of the Transvaal Urban Machinery of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed…

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September 10, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

ANC President Oliver Tambo Suffers a Brain Spasm

ANC President Oliver Tambo Suffers a Brain Spasm On 30 August 1989, the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Alfred Nzo, confirmed reports that the ANC President Oliver…

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August 30, 2025