ANC Leaders and SA Business Meet in Kaunda’s Game Lodge
ANC Leaders and SA Business Meet in Kaunda’s Game Lodge On 13 September 1985, African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and his entourage consisting of Pallo Jordan, Mac Maharaj,…
ANC President Oliver Tambo Suffers a Brain Spasm
ANC President Oliver Tambo Suffers a Brain Spasm On 30 August 1989, the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Alfred Nzo, confirmed reports that the ANC President Oliver…
Wankie Campaign – Dube Team Enters Botswana
Wankie Campaign – Dube Team Enters Botswana On 29 August 1967, Chris Hani, Jackson Mandla, Alfred Mfamana and their Main Group Commander, John Dube (aka “Sotsha Ngwenya”), underwent an interrogation…
Wankie Campaign – Main Group Retreats to Botswana after Discontentment
Wankie Campaign – Main Group Retreats to Botswana after Discontentment On 25 August 1967, having been marching for two days after leaving the donga, the Main Group, under the command…
Wankie Campaign – The Lupane Group Virtually Decimated
Wankie Campaign – The Lupane Group Virtually Decimated On 18 August 1967, the Lupane Group, under the command of Jonathan Moyo (aka “David Madziwa”) of the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army…
Remembering Florence Mophosho (1921 – 1985): Forty Years On
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Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed
Apartheid SADF Wits Command Headquarters Bombed On 30 July 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters of the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) Witwatersrand Command army base…