State of Emergency Declared in the Natal Province On 31 March 1994, apartheid President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in the Natal Province, coinciding with a report…
The War Continues – 1977 Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, guerrilla leader and trade unionist, who founded and led the…
Southern African Liberation Movements Meet with the Soviet and Cuban Leadership On 29 March 1977, in Luanda, Angola, leaders of the southern African liberation movements, Oliver Tambo of the African…
Inkatha Attack Repelled at ANC Shell House Headquarters On 28 March 1994, African National Congress (ANC) security guards opened fire on raging Inkatha impis, who were armed with guns, assegais…
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…
Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC – 27 March 1968 Sechaba Interviews Oliver Tambo, Acting President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, on Southern Africa, South…
Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963 On 26 March 1963, a group of thirty-three Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits that left Dar es Salaam,…
Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border In the evening of 25 March 1976, apartheid Security Branch Major Jacobus de Swardt was leading a section of nine…
Cuba Awards ANC President OR Tambo the Order of Playa Giron On 24 March 1986, at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, African National Congress (ANC) President O.R.…
A Tense Mozambican Atmosphere after the Nkomati Accord On 24 March 1984, a New York Times newspaper report claimed that according to African National Congress (ANC) officials in Maputo, the…