The George Hodges Hijacking Incident On the morning of 19 May 1989, a contingent of 174 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, who had been withdrawn from Angola as part of…
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…
Sharing Responsibilities for Africa’s Total Liberation On 12 May 1966, when the Executive Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Standing Committee on Defence circulated a report during their…
The Incredible MK Transvaal Urban Machinery On the morning of 4 May 1979, various newspapers reported that on the evening of 3 May 1979, guerrillas, which consisted of Nicholas Nicky…
PW Botha and Kenneth Kaunda Hold an Otiose Meeting On 30 April 1982, President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia met the apartheid Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, in a mobile home that…
Front Line States Summit, Arusha, Tanzania, 29 April 1984 The Front Line States’ Summit Meeting was held in Arusha, Tanzania, on Sunday 29 April 1984 to consider the recent developments…
The Morogoro Consultative Conference of the African National Congress (Merged extracts of articles from Sechaba, July 1969 and July 1979) “CLOSE RANKS! This is the order to our people; our…
The Spirit of Bandung: O.R. Tambo’s Reflections on the Bandung Conference Extracts from the Speech of the then African National Congress (ANC) President O.R. Tambo on the Bandung Conference, which…
The Yu Chi Chan Club (YCCC) and National Liberation Front (NLF) Members Convicted On 18 April 1964, Neville Alexander and four others were found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to…
50th Anniversary of the Dar es Salaam Declaration of 1975 From 7 to 10 April 1975, the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity…