On Thursday, 2 January 1986, Colonel Eugene de Dock was in Vlakplaas, where he instructed Riaan Bellingan to go to Cape Town, where he was going to operate under the…
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 31 December 1989, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) ex-mutineers considered the issue of resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This followed a document issued on 28 December 1989,…
On 30 December 1962, the lorry that brought the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits to Mamre for military training arrived to collect them, as they got at the back in…
On 28 December 1981, at around 11:00 in the morning, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, Jerry Joseph Mosololi and “Bruce”, were inside their G-6 Unit’s underground dwelling in the Apies…
On 27 December 1979, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Commander for southern Natal’s urban areas, Joseph Zakile Zulu, walked into Security Branch offices in Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, to surrender himself. Zulu…
In the evening of 26 December 1981, which was a holiday referred to as “Boxing Day” in South Africa, members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Transvaal Urban Machinery’s G-6 Unit,…
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…
In the morning of 24 December 1985, the apartheid Security Branch reported that it had arrested top ranking African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives in Durban…
On the morning of Monday, 23 December 1985, Andrew Sibusiso Zondo and Thembinkosi Jacob Mofokeng travelled by taxis from Lamontville to Amanzimtoti, from where they walked to a Sanlam shopping…