Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Remembering Florence Mophosho (1921 – 1985): Forty Years On

Remembering Florence Mophosho (1921 – 1985): Forty Years On (Obituary, “Florence Mophosho, 1921 – 1985”, Sechaba, November 1985) The South African national democratic revolution lost one of its most stout-hearted…

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August 9, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Novo Catengue Camp is Closed

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…

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March 16, 2025

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism

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…

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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…

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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…

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January 8, 2025