Ashley Kriel Brutally Murdered – 9 July 1987 On the morning of 10 July 1987, Michelle Assure was alone at home when two Security Branch policemen, Warrant Officer Jeffrey Benzien…
Remembering Dr Hugo Nkabinde On 7 July 1988, Dr Thamsanqa Blessing Fihlela (aka “Dr Hugo Nkabinde”) lost his life in an ambush in Angola, a few days after his 30th…
Chris Hani’s Address and MK Confrontation in the Western Cape On 7 July 1990, at approximately 01:20 in the morning, “Wiseman” was driving a light blue Toyota Corolla from Khayelitsha…
Apartheid Security Net Closing In On the MK Underground On Saturday, 6 July 1963, at approximately 02:00 in the morning, Billy Nair was arrested in his Durban home. The news…
Talking to the Enemy – Prisoner Mandela Engages PW Botha On 5 July 1989, Nelson Mandela was taken in the middle of a five-car convoy to apartheid President P.W. Botha’s…
Oliver Tambo Reacts to the 1989 Apartheid Reforms On 30 June 1989, while addressing a Conference attended by the 115 white South Africans belonging to a body called the Five…
The MJK Unit and the Arrest of the Special Operations Dutch Couple On 29 June 1985, the media reported that Hélène Passtoors was arrested on the corner of Pritchard and…
Jeanette Schoon and Daughter Killed By a Letter Bomb – 28 June 1984 On 28 June 1984, former member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeanette Schoon,…
Launching Radio Freedom – 26 June 1963 On 26 June 1963, a broadcast was heard over large stretches of Johannesburg, which said “This is Radio Liberation! This is the Radio…
7Oth Anniversary of the Freedom Charter: The Loadstar of the National Democratic Revolution (Extracts of a Document titled “Revolutionary Programme of the African National Congress: An Analysis of the Freedom…