Apartheid South Africa Signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) On 10 July 1991, apartheid South Africa, which was by then a nuclear-armed state, signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), after…
The SACP Electing for Training Abroad, the ANC Debating the Armed Option On 1 July 1961, Tennyson Makiwane was conversing with Wilton Mkwayi and Moses Mabhida about the South African…
The MJK Unit and the Arrest of the Special Operations Dutch Couple On 29 June 1985, the media reported that Hélène Passtoors was arrested on the corner of Pritchard and…
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Guerrilla Warfare Strategy Development On 24 June 1963, African National Congress (ANC) Chief Representative in London for Europe and Latin America, Raymond Kunene, was addressing the…
The Incredible Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o “Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined…
The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 2 On 21 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) admitted that their Mission to Africa initiative had failed. This followed their meeting with…
The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 1 On 17 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG), consisting of its co-chairmen, Malcolm Fraser of Australia and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, along…
Amandla Cultural Ensemble: Promoting SA Liberation Cultural Heritage At the end of the weekend of 29 April 1979, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), taking the cue from…
MK “Operation J” Aborted On 22 April 1972, Alexander Moumbaris was busy packing his items for leaving the country the following day, after he had received a cable from Ronnie…
Illegal Exporting of Military Equipment to South Africa On 2 April 1984, four South Africans and three British nationals were arrested in the United Kingdom and charged with illegally exporting…