Pietermaritzburg 10 Trial

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border

Joseph Nduli and Cleophas Ndlovu Abducted on the SA-Swaziland Border In the evening of 25 March 1976, precisely fifty years ago, apartheid Security Branch Major Jacobus de Swardt was leading…

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March 25, 2026

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

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered Exactly, 50 years ago, on 19 March 1976, the apartheid government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph “Mkhuthuzi”…

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March 19, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Veteran of the Wankie Campaign, Leonard Nkosi, is Killed

Veteran of the Wankie Campaign, Leonard Nkosi, is Killed On the evening of Saturday, 10 September 1977, Leonard Mandla Nkosi (aka “Derek”), who was one of the Commanders of the…

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September 11, 2025

1967-1968 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

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…

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August 26, 2025

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

John Nkadimeng, Chair of the ANC Main Machinery, Leaves for Exile

John Nkadimeng, Chair of the ANC Main Machinery, Leaves for Exile On 24 July 1976, the Chairperson of the Johannesburg-based African National Congress’s (ANC) Main Machinery, John Kgaona Nkadimeng, left…

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July 25, 2025

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Pietermaritzburg Ten on Trial for Revolutionary Activism

Pietermaritzburg Ten on Trial for Revolutionary Activism On 15 July 1977, a 532-page judgment was eventually concluded regarding the trial of ten revolutionary cadres of the African National Congress (ANC)…

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July 16, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered

Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered On 19 March 1976, the apartheid government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli, who was around…

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March 20, 2025