Around 7 January 1969, Chris Hani and six other Comrades signed a document, later known as the “Hani Memorandum”, that accused the African National Congress (ANC) in exile of being…
On 6 January 1995, Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's revolutionary struggle and national reconciliation, died after a long battle…
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 1 January 1979, a Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) was appointed at a Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting in Luanda, Angola, following the visit to…
On 29 December 1983, Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, former Commanding Officer of the Simonstown Naval Base, and his second wife Ruth Gerhardt, were sentenced to life imprisonment and ten years’ imprisonment…
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 The Communist International These struggles were being waged under new conditions which made possible the beginnings of anti-imperialist unity. The Communist International (Comintern) founded in March 1919 was…
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…
On 17 December 1949, the African National Congress (ANC) adopted a Programme of Action at its 1949 December conference, which marked one of the most important turning points in the…
Around 15 December 1975, the South African Communist Party (SACP) released a Statement titled, “The Enemy Hidden Under the Same Colour”, which was later published in “The African Communist”, Second…