The COSAS Four and the Callous Askaris
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…
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February 16, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
MK Mutiny in Angola: The Stuart Commission Report
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…
February 14, 2025
1974-1975 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Adolphus Boy “JD” Mvemve
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…
February 12, 2025
1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Apartheid State Security Council Approves Cross-Border Operations
Apartheid State Security Council Approves Cross-Border Operations On 12 February 1979, the apartheid State Security Council (SSC), under the Prime Ministership of PW Botha, approved guidelines for the conducting of…
February 12, 2025
1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / FRELIMO / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi
On 10 February 1981, Montso “Obadi” Mokgabudi succumbed to his wounds, when his guts were ripped open during an attack on the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Special Operations Unit Headquarters,…
February 10, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
MK Mutiny in Viana – The Leadership Intervenes
MK Mutiny in Viana – The Leadership Intervenes On 7 February 1984, Chris Hani, Andrew Masondo, Joe Modise and two members of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Liberation Committee…
February 7, 2025
1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
MK Mutiny in Viana – The Election of the Committee of Ten
On the afternoon of Monday, 6 February 1984, a general meeting of cadres was held around the swimming pool in Viana Transit Camp, outside the capital of Angola, Luanda, which…
February 6, 2025
1961-1964 / African liberation movement / Battles / Cuito Cuanavale / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Angola: Day of the Beginning of the National Liberation Armed Struggle
4 February 1961 was the beginning of the Angolan War of Independence, called the “Dia do Início da Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional” (Day of the Beginning of the National…
February 4, 2025
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
Agostinho Neto and Revolutionary Democracy
Antonio Agostinho Neto was one of the best and the more authoritative representatives of the “new wave” of African revolutionary democracy that came to power mainly in the mid-seventies. ……
February 4, 2025
MK Natal Urban Machinery Operatives Betrayed
On 31 January 1980, Grant Shezi and Jeremia Radebe of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Natal Urban Machinery, approached Inanda Seminary, north of Durban, for a meeting with the contact…
January 31, 2025