Pretoria Central Prison

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Chris Hani – Fighter for the Workers and the Poor

Chris Hani – Fighter for the Workers and the Poor (Extracts from The African Communist Editorial Notes, No. 132, 1st Quarter 1993) The assassination of the General Secretary of the…

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April 10, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Biographies and Obituaries / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism

Stephen Bantu Biko: Brutally Murdered in Detention

Stephen Bantu Biko: Brutally Murdered in Detention On 12 September 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko died alone in a cell after having been driven in the back of a Land Rover,…

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September 14, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Payi, Xulu and Zondo Judicially Murdered by the Apartheid Regime

Payi, Xulu and Zondo Judicially Murdered by the Apartheid Regime On 9 September 1986, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, Clarence Lucky Payi, Sipho Brigitte Xulu and Andrew Sibusiso Zondo were…

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September 9, 2025

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Chris Hani – Fighter for the Workers and the Poor

Chris Hani – Fighter for the Workers and the Poor Extracts from The African Communist Editorial Notes (1st Quarter 1993) The assassination of the General Secretary of the South African…

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April 9, 2025

1976 – 1978 / 1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

HAMBA KAHLE SOLOMON MAHLANGU

HAMBA KAHLE SOLOMON MAHLANGU On March 2, 1978, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was sentenced to death. He had pleaded ‘not guilty’ and as the death sentence was passed, he raised his…

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April 6, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Arrest of the First Ethiopian-Trained Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Cadres

On 26 January 1963, Detective Inspector Roderick Ivy of the Southern Rhodesia’s British South Africa Police (BSAP) headed to Bulawayo Central Railway Station on information received from the Northern Rhodesia…

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January 26, 2025

1964-1967 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Abram Fischer Forfeits Bail

On 25 January 1965, Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, failed to arrive in court, forfeited his bail and disappeared. He went underground and was…

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January 25, 2025

1961-1964 / 1964-1967 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Little Rivonia Trialists

On 5 January 1965, three members of the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba and Andrew Masondo, including an unknown Raymond Nyanda, arrived…

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January 5, 2025