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1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

First MK Group for Military Training in the Soviet Union

First MK Group for Military Training in the Soviet Union On 10 August 1963, a group of thirty Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits were flown on a British Overseas Airways…

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August 10, 2026

1994 – Beyond / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Pan Africanism / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

South Sudan Recognised as the 54th Sovereign State in Africa

South Sudan Recognised as the 54th Sovereign State in Africa Fifteen years ago, on 9 July 2011, the new state of South Sudan gained its independence from the Sudan. After…

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July 10, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

Lilian Ngoyi: These Are Also Hours of Serious Danger

Lilian Ngoyi: These Are Also Hours of Serious Danger Remembering MaNgoyi: 25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980 “The minister of native affairs has announced that African women will in…

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March 13, 2026

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Biographies and Obituaries / Israel / National Democratic Revolution / Palestine / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Remembering Gamal Abdel Nasser 55 Years On

Remembering Gamal Abdel Nasser 55 Years On On this day, 28 September 1970, Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second President of…

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September 28, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Pretoria Church Street Bombing: Apartheid Retaliation

The Pretoria Church Street Bombing: Apartheid Retaliation On 23 May 1983, just before 07:30, in the morning, apartheid South African Air Force (SAAF) Impala and Canberra planes were flying over…

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May 23, 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

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Battles

The Battle of Salt River: Khoikhoi Warriors Defeat Portuguese Thieves

The Battle of Salt River: Khoikhoi Warriors Defeat Portuguese Thieves On this day, 1 March 1510, at the mouth of Salt River, on the shore of Table Bay (in Cape…

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March 1, 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

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / Quotes of inspiration

African Unity in the 21st Century

(Extracts from a speech given by Tanzania’s founding president, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on 6 March 1997) For centuries, we had been oppressed and humiliated…

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January 25, 2025