On 14 January 1953, Josip Broz Tito became the president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, thus becoming the Head of State of that country, concurrently as President of…
On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) arrived at Caculama, the main training centre of its military wing,…
“In December the African National Congress (ANC) received an invitation from the Pan-African Freedom Movement for East, Central and Southern Africa (PAFMECSA) to attend its conference in Addis Ababa in…
On 5 January 1965, three members of the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba and Andrew Masondo, including an unknown Raymond Nyanda, arrived…
On 25 December 1820, during his imprisonment on Robben Island, Makhanda drowned as he attempted to escape along with 30 other prisoners. The other prisoners survived, who were mostly Xhosa…
Inferences The fight against imperialism in Africa is particularly challenging, with the continent enduring ruthless exploitation and domination by imperialist powers. This was made worse by the collapse of socialism…
On 22 December 1988, representatives of Angola, Cuba and South Africa signed a final Tripartite Agreement in New York City which called on the parties to request the United Nations…
Ruth Nhere The Advent of Neo-Colonialism The intensified activities of the imperialist powers could not, however, prevent an upswing in the national liberation struggle and the birth of Africa’s first…
Ruth Nhere In South Africa In South Africa, the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1880s was to establish the region as a vital base of imperialist interests. “The…
Ruth Nhere It has been 40 years since this article was published in “The African Communist”, No. 98, Third Quarter, 1984, and it is still relevant to this day. The…