State of Emergency Declared in the Natal Province On 31 March 1994, apartheid President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in the Natal Province, coinciding with a report…
Mandela and Buthelezi Agree to Ending Violence in Townships On 30 March 1990, Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) and Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi of Inkatha Freedom Party…
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,…
Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border In the evening of 25 March 1976, apartheid Security Branch Major Jacobus de Swardt was leading a section of nine…
Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland On 23 March 1976, when Thabo Mbeki was apprehended on the roadside, from Mozambique to Manzini, he did not know that Jacob Zuma…
Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered On 19 March 1976, the apartheid government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli, who was around…
Moses Mabhida Passes On On 8 March 1986, Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, political revolutionary, former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Political Commissar and General-Secretary of the SA Communist…
Organise or Starve! The Inaugural Conference of SACTU On 4 – 5 March 1955, the Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was held at the…
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…
Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha On the morning of 14 February 1990, the Natal Witness newspaper estimated that fighting around Durban and Pietermaritzburg had resulted…