Eastern Cape

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

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

MK Western Cape Regional Machinery Arrested

MK Western Cape Regional Machinery Arrested On 21 September 1987, Gary Kruser arrived at Cine 400 in Athlone, Cape Town, where he was supposed to meet with Bongani Jonas of…

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September 22, 2025

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Gruesome Bisho Massacre

The Gruesome Bisho Massacre On 7 September 1992, twenty-eight (28) African National Congress (ANC) supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Bantustan Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) during a…

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September 7, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / 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) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

Joe Gqabi Ferociously Murdered

Joe Gqabi Ferociously Murdered In the evening of 31 July 1981, while driving out of his residence in Eves Crescent, in Salisbury’s (now Harare) Ashdown Park suburb, in Zimbabwe, the…

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July 31, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Cross-Border Raids / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

PW Botha Declares a State of Emergency – 20 July 1985

PW Botha Declares a State of Emergency – 20 July 1985 Exactly forty years ago, on 20 July 1985, at a press conference in Pretoria, apartheid President P.W. Botha claimed…

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July 20, 2025

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Arrest of the Valiant MK-SDU Combatant Mzwandile Gushu in Ermelo

The Arrest of the Valiant MK-SDU Combatant Mzwandile Gushu in Ermelo On 17 July 1992, Hollingwood Mzwandile Gushu was arrested in hospital while he was receiving treatment for his wounds…

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July 18, 2025

1967-1968 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / 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) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

MK Approaching Gatsha Buthelezi for Guerrilla Bases in Zululand

MK Approaching Gatsha Buthelezi for Guerrilla Bases in Zululand On Sunday, 14 July 1968, while Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi was attending mass at the Anglican Church in Nkonjeni, Mahlabathini District…

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July 14, 2025