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.…
South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Programme Openly Declared On 24 March 1993, apartheid South African President F.W. de Klerk announced the existence of a South African nuclear weapons programme as well…
Cuito Cuanavale and the Success of the African Revolution in Angola After the 23 March 1988 reversals at Cuito Cuanavale, apartheid South Africa began talks that culminated in the December…
Apartheid Enemy Agents Piper and Oshkosh Arrested On 17 March 1981, a team from the African National Congress’ (ANC) Department of National Intelligence and Security (NAT) Security Sector visited Mac…
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Novo Catengue Camp is Closed On 16 March 1979, a huge number of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) combatants arrived in Pango Camp, as well as others…
MK Special Operations Combatant Marion Sparg is Arrested On 7 March 1986, after the apartheid President PW Botha had lifted the state of emergency during a speech in which he…
The Disbandment of the Apartheid SADF 31 Battalion On 7 March 1993, the apartheid South African Defence Force’s (SADF) 31 Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape…
The COSAS Four and the Callous Askaris On the morning of 16 February 1982, at approximately 08:00, police arrived at an old pump room in the mining premises near the…
MK Mutiny in Angola: The Stuart Commission Report Following the acts of mutiny in the Viana Transit Camp, on 13 February 1984, the Working Committee of the African National Congress…
Adolphus Boy “JD” Mvemve On 12 February 1974, Adolphus Boy Mvemve (aka “John Dube”) was killed by a bomb in a parcel addressed to the offices of the African National…