Apartheid

1967-1968 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: Southern Africa, South Africa and the Revolution

Celebrating the Oliver Tambo MonthOliver Tambo: Southern Africa, South Africa and the Revolution (Extracts of Sechaba Interview: Oliver Tambo, Acting President-General of the African National Congress of South Africa Replies…

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October 6, 2025

1912 – 1943 / 1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: The Fearless Warrioress

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: The Fearless Warrioress “In her particular life, we may see more clearly the violence wrought by colonialism and apartheid, the profound consequences of fraternal political movements to whom…

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September 26, 2025

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Announcements / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT

ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT Yunus Carrim For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely…

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August 17, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Year of the Youth 1981: Five Years from Soweto

Year of the Youth 1981: Five Years from Soweto Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres engaged in discussions at a Fifth Anniversary of June 16 commemorative meeting held in one of…

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June 16, 2025

1990 – 1994 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Nelson Mandela’s Historic Political Rally

Nelson Mandela’s Historic Political Rally On 1 April 1990, African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, addressed a crowd of over 300 000 supporters in Port Elizabeth in what…

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April 1, 2025

1967-1968 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC – 27 March 1968

Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC – 27 March 1968 Sechaba Interviews Oliver Tambo, Acting President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, on Southern Africa, South…

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March 27, 2025

1994 – Beyond / Israel / Palestine / Sanctions

Stop the Coal that Fuels the Genocide

The ICJ’s 19 July Advisory Opinion ruling explicitly calls for ending any “aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”. Is…

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December 10, 2024

1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Maseru Raid and Massacre

In the early hours of 9 December 1982, racist South African Defence Force (SADF) commandos crossed the border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the outskirts…

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December 9, 2024

1979-1983 / Apartheid Police

Apartheid Police Special Task Force on a Killing Fling near Oshoek

Towards the evening of 7 December 1981, Johannes Mnisi (aka “Victor Molefe”) of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Special Operations Unit, was in a car with two apartheid policemen, Major Frederik…

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December 7, 2024

1961-1964 / 1964-1967 / 1967-1968 / 1969-1974 / 1974-1975 / 1976 – 1978 / 1979-1983 / 1984-1990 / 1990 – 1994

The Clausewitzian and Heuristic: Evolution of the ANC Armed Struggle

The Dependent Pillar of the South African Revolution. The paper tries to address the armed struggle as one of the pillars of theSouth African revolution, especially its adoption, together with…

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December 6, 2024