The Battle of Isandlwana
On 22 January 1879, the Battle of Isandlwana was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British…
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January 22, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Rivonia Leadership in Lusaka
On 19 January 1990, a meeting of all African National Congress (ANC) members stationed in the Lusaka area was held in a hall in the Mulungushi Centre, wherein approximately 1…
January 19, 2025
1961-1964 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Sabotage – The Opening Phase
On the evening of 18 January 1963, Justice Gizenga Mpanza, Shadrack Maphumulo and Michael Mvula were at the back of the Argyle Hotel on Clarke Street, Durban, with a carrier…
January 19, 2025
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
PAC Announces the Suspension of Its Armed Struggle
On 16 January 1994, the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) President, Clarence Mlami Makwetu, announced the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for participation in elections by its…
January 16, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Northern Transvaal Rural Commander Cornered
On Monday, 15 January 1990, while Jacob Rapholo (aka “Thabo”) was standing outside a house in a village near Moria, in the northern Transvaal, a Combi stopped at a nearby…
January 15, 2025
1967-1968 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Maintaining the Frontline
On 15 January 1967, Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda wrote to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lieutenant General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, outlining the results of a policy rethink…
January 15, 2025
MK Botswana Machinery Unit Compromised
On the morning of 13 January 1979, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Botswana Machinery Unit of seven combatants was waiting in the bush on their route to Ga-Rankuwa. The Unit…
January 13, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Beginnings of Mkatashinga (MK Mutiny in Angola)
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,…
January 12, 2025
1969-1974 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Preparing for “Operation J”
On 11 January 1971, Oliver Tambo, Yusuf Dadoo, Moses Mabhida and Fanele Mbali met a group of Soviet politicians, army generals and navy admirals. The meeting took place in a…
January 11, 2025
1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Battles / Quotes of inspiration / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
The Beginnings of the Anglo-Zulu War: 11 January 1879
On 11 January 1879, when General Chelmsford’s ultimatum to the Zulu Ingonyama uCetshwayo kaMpande to disband the regiments and lay down arms had been ignored, a British Army of approximately…
January 11, 2025