Nelson Mandela on the ‘Third Force’: I Have Never Seen Such Cruelty While many aspects of “third force” violence are not clear, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report showed…
SADF ‘Third Force’-Related Officers Dismissed by De Klerk On 19 December 1992, apartheid State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including…
Michael Dingake Arrested in Figtree, Rhodesia On 8 December 1965, Michael Kitso Dingake, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) Secretariat, based in Ramoutsa, in Bechuanaland, was on a…
Who Betrayed Bram Fischer? On 16 November 1964, a leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) stood up in court and pointed out eight persons who he said were…
The Bureau of State Security (BOSS) vs. the Anti-Apartheid Struggle On 19 November 1970, the head of the apartheid Bureau of State Security (BOSS), General Hendrik Van Den Bergh, briefly…
The Horrific Execution of Phila Portia Ndwandwe On the morning of 4 October 1988, Portia Phila Ndwandwe (aka “Zandile” or “Zandie”), was transported by the apartheid Security Branch to a…
MK Western Cape Regional Machinery Arrested On 21 September 1987, Gary Kruser arrived at Cine 400 in Athlone, Cape Town, where he was supposed to meet with Bongani Jonas of…
BJ Vorster Tenders his Resignation as Apartheid Prime Minister On 19 September 1978, John Vorster shocked the nation by tendering his resignation as Prime Minister for the apartheid government, at…
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…
The Abduction and Atrocious Murder of Nokuthula Aurelia Simelane On the evening of 11 September 1983, commanding personnel of the Transvaal Urban Machinery of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed…