Natal Indian Congress (NIC)

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On

Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On On 29 April 1977, Marimuthu Pragalathan Naicker, fondly known as “MP”, passed on at the age of 56 from a suspected heart…

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April 28, 2026

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

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / National Democratic Revolution

Vorster’s Diabolical Reaction to Unrests Based on Tiro’s Speech

Vorster’s Diabolical Reaction to Unrests Based on Tiro’s Speech On 6 June 1972, the Johannesburg newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail, wrote the following in its first page, “… we have…

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June 6, 2025

1984-1990 / Sanctions / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Illegal Exporting of Military Equipment to South Africa

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…

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April 2, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC)

Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha

Mandela’s Release Accompanied by Fighting Between the UDF and Inkatha On the morning of 14 February 1990, the Natal Witness newspaper estimated that fighting around Durban and Pietermaritzburg had resulted…

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February 14, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison

Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison On 11 February 1990, at around 16:16 in the afternoon, recently released leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, emerged from Victor…

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February 11, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Abduction of Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim from Swaziland

On the evening of 15 December 1986, at around 22:00, when the Chairman of the ANC's Regional Political-Military Committee in Swaziland, Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, was watching television with his gardener,…

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December 15, 2024