The Rivonia Arrests – Apartheid Security Branch Pounces on the MK High Command
The Rivonia Arrests – Apartheid Security Branch Pounces on the MK High Command On the morning of 11 July 1963, Lieutenant van Wyk of the apartheid Security Branch had a…
The Rivonia Arrests – Apartheid Security Branch Pounces on the MK High Command On the morning of 11 July 1963, Lieutenant van Wyk of the apartheid Security Branch had a…
The Incipient MK High Command under Threat On 4 July 1963, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) National High Command gathered at their Rivonia Headquarters to hear Arthur Goldreich submitting a…
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…
Oliver Tambo on the Criticality of the Armed Struggle On 28 May 1979, African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo delivered a presidential address to a sitting of the National…
The Art of Guerrilla Warfare Revisited The saying "When the enemy advances, we retreat" is a core principle of guerrilla warfare and was popularised by Mao Tse Tung. It emphasises…
OR Tambo: First Visit to the Soviet Union On 9 April 1963, returning from a trip to the Soviet Union, based on the invitation of the Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee,…
MK G-5 Unit Attack on the Booysens Police Station On 4 April 1980, the golden Ford Valiant that was used in the attack of the Booysens Police Station in the…
On 14 December 1981, members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Transvaal Urban Machinery’s G-6 Unit under the command of Simon Thelle Mogoerane headed to the Capital Park electricity substation…