Front Line States

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

15 April World Art Day: Evoking the Medu Arts Ensemble

15 April World Art Day: Evoking the Medu Arts Ensemble April 15 is celebrated annually as World Art Day, which was a global initiative dedicated to promoting the understanding, development,…

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April 15, 2026

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

Julius Nyerere: Enhance Our Capacity as Africa to Develop If We Work Together

Julius Nyerere: Enhance Our Capacity as Africa to Develop If We Work Together (Extracts from a Speech by the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere to Parliament Members of South Africa,…

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April 13, 2026

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

Chris Hani: We Have to Destroy that Regime

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…

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April 10, 2026

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 / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 2

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…

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April 3, 2026

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

No To Dialogue: The Movement Responds to Vorster’s Racist Ruse

No To Dialogue: The Movement Responds to Vorster’s Racist Ruse On 2 April 1971, the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa’s Director of Political Affairs, Duma Nokwe, responded sternly…

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April 2, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 1

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…

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March 30, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Moses Mabhida Funeral: Three Streams of the Liberation Struggle

Moses Mabhida Funeral: Three Streams of the Liberation Struggle Forty years ago, on 29 March 1986, Moses Mabhida, the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), member of…

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March 29, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Dulcie September: Viciously Murdered in Paris

Dulcie September: Viciously Murdered in Paris “If ever there was a soft target, Dulcie September was one.” – Alfred Nzo, 30 March 1988 – On 29 March 1988, Dulcie Evonne…

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March 29, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Battle of Mutale River – 28 March 1988

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…

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March 28, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border

Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border In the evening of 25 March 1976, precisely fifty years ago, apartheid Security Branch Major Jacobus de Swardt was leading…

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March 25, 2026