Freedom Can Be Won Only Through Struggle (Extracts from Thomas Sankara’s speech to the Thirty-ninth Session of the UN General Assembly on October 4, 1984). “The truth of the righteous…
Umkhonto Penetrating Mozambique Alongside FRELIMO Forces On 20 June 1967, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership decided that infiltration through Mozambique was impracticable. Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) soldiers would have…
World Refugee Day and the Years of Exile June 20 is recognized as “World Refugee Day”, a day designated by the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency, the United Nations High…
MK Mobilising the First Group for the Wankie Campaign On 19 June 1967, following the meeting held at Dr Randeree’s plot in Lusaka two days before, a large group of…
The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted On 18 June 1982, the Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the…
Preparing for Joint MK-ZIPRA and MK-FRELIMO Campaigns June 1967 On 17 June 1967, in a little cottage situated on Dr Randeree’s plot in Lusaka, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Commanders, Lawrence…
1976 To the Present (1986): Joe Slovo on Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Strategy Then came Soweto 1976 and the events connected to it in Southern Africa, i.e. the liberation of…
Year of the Youth 1981: Five Years from Soweto Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres engaged in discussions at a Fifth Anniversary of June 16 commemorative meeting held in one of…
African National Congress Reaction to the 1988 Piet Retief Ambushes On 15 June 1988, following the June 8 and 12 Piet Retief ambushes, the African National Congress (ANC) launched an…
TELLING OUR OWN STORIES, OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE Storytelling, especially about our history, has always been at the heart of African culture and life. Through song, art, poetry, dance and…