Fish Keitseng’s Land Rover Exploded
Fish Keitseng’s Land Rover Exploded On 17 September 1963, during the night, the Land Rover that Jack Hodgson bought for Fish Keitseng to use in Peleng Village, in Lobatse, was…
Reports on the Brutal Murder of Ruth First
Reports on the Brutal Murder of Ruth First On 18 August 1982, South African newspapers reported that Heloise Ruth First, the wife of Joe Slovo, the Chief of Staff of…
Mandela is Arrested Near Howick in Natal
Mandela is Arrested Near Howick in Natal On the afternoon of 5 August 1962, Nelson Mandela was wearing his white chauffeur’s dust coat, as Cecil Williams was driving him in…
Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed
Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed On 30 July 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters of the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) Witwatersrand Command army base…
Beginning of Efforts to Implement the Congress Alliance Resolution
Beginning of Efforts to Implement the Congress Alliance Resolution On 3 July 1961, following discussions between Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Joe Slovo on who would join them on the…
Some Thoughts on the National Democratic Revolution: The 1949 Programme of Action
Some Thoughts on the National Democratic Revolution: The 1949 Programme of Action (Extracts from an Article by B.N., Sechaba, October 1982) The strategic objective of a social revolution is the…
Lilian Ngoyi Passes On
Lilian Ngoyi Passes On On 13 March 1980, a 68-year-old anti-apartheid revolutionary activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi, passed on. Ngoyi was…