Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro
On 1 February 1974, when Abraham Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro opened a parcel at the house where he was living in St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Mission in Khale, eleven kilometres south…
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February 1, 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)
Natal Urban Machinery Ordnance Chief: Krishna “Goodwin” Rabilal
Towards the end of 1980, the apartheid South African security forces devised a plan (codenamed “Operation Beanbag”) for a simultaneous attack on African National Congress (ANC) properties in Swaziland and…
January 30, 2025
1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)
Joe Nzingo Gqabi Arrested
On 26 January 1963, Joe Gqabi was arrested with nine fellow members who had undergone military training in Ethiopia and were deported back to South Africa after being captured in…
January 26, 2025
1967-1968 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / Quotes of inspiration / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Chris Hani on The Wankie Campaign
“I mean, you judge yourself, being around, crossing from the Zambezi River near Livingstone and then to Botswana and going all in zig-zags, see. And not moving straight along a…
January 8, 2025