Pretoria

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / FRELIMO / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Pretoria Church Street Bombing: Apartheid Retaliation

The Pretoria Church Street Bombing: Apartheid Retaliation On 23 May 1983, just before 07:30, in the morning, apartheid South African Air Force (SAAF) Impala and Canberra planes were flying over…

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May 23, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

MK Special Ops Apartheid-Shattering Church Street Bombing

MK Special Ops Apartheid-Shattering Church Street Bombing On Friday, 20 May 1983, at approximately 16:28, a huge blast on Church Street made a black plume of smoke to emanate from…

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May 20, 2025

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

The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 1

The Commonwealth EPG Visit: Part 1 On 17 May 1986, the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG), consisting of its co-chairmen, Malcolm Fraser of Australia and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, along…

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May 17, 2025

1976 – 1978 / 1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Executive Committee (NEC) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

The Incredible MK Transvaal Urban Machinery

The Incredible MK Transvaal Urban Machinery On the morning of 4 May 1979, various newspapers reported that on the evening of 3 May 1979, guerrillas, which consisted of Nicholas Nicky…

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May 11, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Fascinatingly Unearthed McKenzie Affair

The Fascinatingly Unearthed McKenzie Affair On 16 April 1987, Keith McKenzie arrived as a detainee in the African National Congress (ANC) detention camp in northern Angola, officially called the Morris…

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April 17, 2025

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

The Pretoria-Based Moses Mabhida Unit

The Pretoria-Based Moses Mabhida Unit In the early evening of 15 April 1988, Odirile Meshack Maponya (aka “Mainstay Chibuku”) was driven by Peter Maluleka through central Pretoria, and they stopped…

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April 16, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Biographies and Obituaries / National Trade Union Leaders / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Peter Nchabeleng Dies in Detention

Peter Nchabeleng Dies in Detention On 11 April 1986, while on his way home from a United Democratic Front (UDF) meeting in Mankweng, Turfloop, Nchabeleng was told that police were…

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April 11, 2025

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

Hamba Kahle King Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo – Qhawe lama Qhawe

Hamba Kahle King Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo – Qhawe lama Qhawe On 6 April 1986, Comrade King Sabata Dalindyebo passed on in Lusaka, Zambia, where he had lived for more than…

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April 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 liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police

REMEMBER DULCIE SEPTEMBER: 20 AUGUST 1935 – 29 MARCH 1988

REMEMBER DULCIE SEPTEMBER: 20 AUGUST 1935 – 29 MARCH 1988 Dulcie Evonne September was treacherously murdered on 29 March 1988, by a hired killer in the pay of the apartheid…

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March 31, 2025