The Assassination of Theophilus “Viva” Dlodlo On 22 May 1987, after a brief appearance at a party in the Thembelihle location of Mbabane, Swaziland, Theophilus Sidima Dlodlo, (aka “Viva Zenge”),…
On 7 February 1990, the Transkei leader, Major General Bantu Holomisa, announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party…
On 28 January 1982, the Senior Staff Officer of apartheid South African Military Intelligence’s liaison project with Swaziland, dubbed “Operation Santa”, met with the Chief of Staff of the Royal…
When Colonel Eugene de Kock, Head of the C10 Vlakplaas Unit of the apartheid Security Branch, with former Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative, Glory Sedibe (aka “September”), who had been…
On 19 December 1992, apartheid State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including two Generals and four Brigadiers, were being forcibly…
On 12 December 1986, at around 02:00 in the morning, Msizeni Shadrack Matthews Maphumulo, an African National Congress (ANC) Acting Representative in Swaziland, died in police custody after he had…
On 11 December 1984, the apartheid security net was closing on Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Ingwavuma Unit, since in Emachobeni Royal Area of Ingwavuma, the police arrested Vusumuzi Nyawo while…
On 10 December 1981, in Swaziland (now Eswatini), Swazi Police Commissioner Titus Msibi, his Deputy E. Hilary, Secretary A. Dlamini, Lieutenant Colonel Dube, Lieutenant Colonel J. Ndzimandze and Captain S.…