Our Best Defence Against Violence Is Political: ANC-IFP Peace Talks Called-Off

Our Best Defence Against Violence Is Political: ANC-IFP Peace Talks Called-Off On 8 April 1991, the peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)…

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The Mandela-Buthelezi Royal Hotel Agreement

The Mandela-Buthelezi Royal Hotel Agreement On 29 January 1991, African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) President Gatsha Mangosuthu Buthelezi met in Durban’s Royal…

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Inkatha’s Attempted Truce with ANC

Inkatha’s Attempted Truce with ANC On 27 November 1985, the Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement (aka “Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe”) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) in Lusaka,…

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Operation Vula Exposed – Part 3: The Pretoria Minute

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 3: The Pretoria Minute On the night of 6 August 1990, at approximately 23:00, apartheid President F.W. De Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader…

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The Moroka Three: Judiciously Murdered by the Apartheid Regime

The Moroka Three: Judiciously Murdered by the Apartheid Regime On 9 June 1983, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) operatives, Jerry Semano Mosololi (aka “Dragon Mosepedi”), Thelle Simon Mogoerane (aka “Seiso Moletsane”) and…

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Post-Nkomati Accord Challenges in Swaziland

Post-Nkomati Accord Challenges in Swaziland On 19 April 1984, a combined Swazi Police and Army contingent went to a house in Manzini’s Old Ngwane Park, in Swaziland, where they experienced…

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