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1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / FRELIMO / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Moses Mabhida Passes On

Moses Mabhida Passes On On 8 March 1986, Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, political revolutionary, former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Political Commissar and General-Secretary of the SA Communist…

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March 8, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo Dies in London

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo Dies in London Jabulani Nobleman “Mzala” Nxumalo died in London on 22 February 1991 at the age of 35. His death robbed the African National Congress (ANC)…

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February 22, 2025

1967-1968 / 1969-1974 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

MK Stowaways for Underground Revival

MK Stowaways for Underground Revival On 19 February 1968, eight days after departing Kenya, the vessel “Clan Ross” reached Cape Town, and when it docked, Bifana Matthews Ngcobo asked Walter…

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February 19, 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

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism

Hlubi Chief Langalibalele Imprisoned and Exiled to Robben Island

Hlubi Chief Langalibalele Imprisoned and Exiled to Robben Island On 9 February 1874, considered to be in “rebellion” against the British Empire, the Hlubi Chief, Langalibalele, was imprisoned and exiled…

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February 9, 2025

1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

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, for a meeting with the contact…

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January 31, 2025

1979-1983 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / FRELIMO / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Natal Urban Machinery Ordnance Chief: Krishna “Goodwin” Rabilal

Towards the end of 1980, the apartheid South African security forces devised a plan (codenamed “Operation Beanbag”) for a simultaneous attack on African National Congress (ANC) properties in Swaziland and…

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January 30, 2025