Eastern Cape

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

PW Botha Declares a State of Emergency – Revisited

PW Botha Declares a State of Emergency – Revisited On 20 July 1985, at a press conference in Pretoria, apartheid President P.W. Botha claimed that “violence and lawlessness” in the…

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July 21, 2026

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / FRELIMO / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Black People’s Convention (BPC) is Created

The Black People’s Convention (BPC) is Created On 12 July 1972, the Black People Convention (BPC) was established after a three-day long conference at the Edendale Lay Ecumenical Centre in…

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July 12, 2026

1974-1975 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Michael “Mick” Harmel: A Revolutionary Thinker, Writer and Strategist

Michael “Mick” Harmel: A Revolutionary Thinker, Writer and Strategist On 18 June 1974, a revolutionary South African anti-imperialist activist, journalist and South African Communist Party (SACP) member Michael “Mick” Harmel…

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June 19, 2026

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

The Aftermath of the Soweto June 16 Uprisings

The Aftermath of the Soweto June 16 Uprisings On 17 June 1976, the day after the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprisings, the revolts rapidly escalated, spreading beyond Soweto to other…

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June 18, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Ciskei General Charles Sebe is Imprisoned and Convicted

Ciskei General Charles Sebe is Imprisoned and Convicted On 15 June 1984, former Commander of the Armed Forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President Lennox Sebe, was…

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June 16, 2026

1967-1968 / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / 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) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Ruth First At 101 Years: From the Freedom Charter to Armed Struggle

Ruth First At 101 Years: From the Freedom Charter to Armed Struggle (Heloise Ruth First would have turned 101 years today, as she was born on 4 May 1925 in…

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May 3, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Commander Lizo Bright Ngqungwana of the Western Cape

Commander Lizo Bright Ngqungwana of the Western Cape Forty years ago, at around 02:00 in the morning of 23 April 1986, while Lizo Bright Ngqungwana was asleep in a three-roomed…

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April 22, 2026

1510 – 1906 / 1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle

Painful Recap 9 April 1820 Settler Colonialism

Painful Recap 9 April 1820 Settler Colonialism From 9 April 1820 onwards, around 4,500 British immigrants, who became known as "The 1820 Settlers", arrived at Algoa Bay (which later became…

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April 9, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

MK Special Operations Combatant Marion Sparg is Arrested

MK Special Operations Combatant Marion Sparg is Arrested Forty years ago, on 7 March 1986, after the apartheid President PW Botha had lifted the state of emergency during a speech…

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March 7, 2026

1984-1990 / 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 Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 1)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 1) (Excerpts from an Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985) Compatriots, “Forty-eight…

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November 22, 2025