Oliver Tambo: Capture the Citadel
“The supreme challenge to our nation, to the African National Congress, to all democrats in our country and to the Umkhonto we Sizwe, indeed the challenge to all Africa and all anti-imperialists still remains; this is the capture of the citadel of white supremacy, South Africa, and its conversion into a fortress of true democracy, peace and progress for all our people and for mankind.”
“This is the formidable challenge in the face of which many fighters will flee the ranks of the revolutionary forces and join condemned platoons of counter-revolutionaries and traitors. A challenge, in the face of which governments, once counted among militant opponents of colonialism and imperialism, will abandon their positions in the imperialist front, and crawl cap in hand for crumbs under the neo-colonialist table.”
“But the oppressed and freedom-loving masses of our country are equal to that challenge. … Our people under the leadership of the ANC are now poised for large-scale guerrilla warfare against the usurpers of the people’s power and we too shall defeat the racists and exploiters.”
“Our Morogoro Conference last May sought to accelerate our progress towards this armed confrontation with the enemy. It examined in detail various aspects of our struggle, it carried out a thorough review of our strategy and tactics, our programme and our policies, it called for the closing of ranks, for unity and for vigilance against split
