Mozambique

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

Apartheid Murder in Matola: 30 January 1981

Apartheid Murder in Matola: 30 January 1981 “… there have never been any ANC bases or camps in Mozambique. There are residences … and if the qualification to make a…

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February 1, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

MK Natal Urban Machinery Operatives Betrayed

MK Natal Urban Machinery Operatives Betrayed On 31 January 1980, Grant Shezi and Jeremia Radebe of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Natal Urban Machinery approached Inanda Seminary, north of Durban,…

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January 31, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Patriotic Front / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: Victory is Within Our Grasp

Oliver Tambo: Victory is Within Our Grasp On February 14th, 1982, at Bairro De Liberdade, Maputo, a mass rally was held to Commemorate the January 30, 1981, Matola Massacre, an…

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January 30, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / FRELIMO / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism

Samora Machel on National Liberation

Samora Machel on National Liberation (Extracted Speech by Samora Machel, “Pretoria is a Cancer”, at the 26th Organisation of African Unity – OAU – Liberation Committee Ordinary Session in Mozambique,…

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January 25, 2026

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

ANC Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) Appointed

ANC Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) Appointed On 1 January 1979, a Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) was appointed at a Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting in…

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January 1, 2026

1984-1990 / 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 Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Chris Hani: The Demand of the Time

Chris Hani: The Demand of the Time (Address by Chris Hani, the Deputy Commander and Commissar of Umkhonto we Sizwe, to the MK People’s Army, Luanda, Angola, January 1986) “1985…

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December 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) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Operation Butterfly: Fighting Continuously & Boldly

Operation Butterfly: Fighting Continuously & Boldly In the morning of 24 December 1985, the apartheid Security Branch reported that it had arrested top ranking African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto…

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December 24, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / FRELIMO / 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) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Oliver Tambo: Victory or Death

Oliver Tambo: Victory or Death (“Umkhonto we Sizwe – Born of the People”: Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress Delivered by Commander-in-Chief OR Tambo on…

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December 16, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Patriotic Front / RENAMO / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

South Africa-Mozambique Talks in Paris

South Africa-Mozambique Talks in Paris On 5 December 1980, a four-man apartheid South African delegation led by the Director-General of Foreign Affairs, Brand Fourie, secretly met with a three-person Mozambican…

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December 5, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Cross-Border Raids / FRELIMO / 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) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Our Right to Fight

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Our Right to Fight (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by the…

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November 19, 2025