Dar es Salaam

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

June 16 Detachment’s Training in Novo Catengue

June 16 Detachment’s Training in Novo Catengue On 6 June 1977, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) military parade took place in a camp called Novo Catengue, in Benguela, Angola. The…

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June 6, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Reaction to the MK Special Ops SASOL I and II Attacks

Reaction to the MK Special Ops SASOL I and II Attacks On 4 June 1980, African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo’s predictions that the SASOL attack would herald an…

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June 4, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The George Hodges Hijacking Incident

The George Hodges Hijacking Incident On the morning of 19 May 1989, a contingent of 174 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, who had been withdrawn from Angola as part of…

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May 19, 2025

1964-1967 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / FRELIMO / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation

Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation On 12 May 1966, when the Executive Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Standing Committee on Defence circulated a report during their…

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May 12, 2025

1974-1975 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Pan Africanism / SWAPO

50th Anniversary of the Dar es Salaam Declaration of 1975

50th Anniversary of the Dar es Salaam Declaration of 1975 From 7 to 10 April 1975, the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity…

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April 10, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963

Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963 On 26 March 1963, a group of thirty-three Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits that left Dar es Salaam,…

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March 26, 2025

1967-1968 / 1969-1974 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

MK Stowaways for Underground Revival

MK Stowaways for Underground Revival On 19 February 1968, eight days after departing Kenya, the vessel “Clan Ross” reached Cape Town, and when it docked, Bifana Matthews Ngcobo asked Walter…

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February 19, 2025

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / FRELIMO / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane is Assassinated

On 3 February 1969, a book containing a bomb was sent to Eduardo Mondlane at the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It exploded when he…

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February 3, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Arrest of the First Ethiopian-Trained Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Cadres

On 26 January 1963, Detective Inspector Roderick Ivy of the Southern Rhodesia’s British South Africa Police (BSAP) headed to Bulawayo Central Railway Station on information received from the Northern Rhodesia…

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January 26, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

PAC Announces the Suspension of Its Armed Struggle

On 16 January 1994, the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) President, Clarence Mlami Makwetu, announced the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for participation in elections by its…

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January 16, 2025