Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland On 23 March 1976, when Thabo Mbeki was apprehended on the roadside, from Mozambique to Manzini, he did not know that Jacob Zuma…
The Gruesome Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, outside the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville, in the then Transvaal. After a day…
Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli Brutally Murdered On 19 March 1976, the apartheid government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph “Mkhuthuzi” Mdluli, who was around…
Mandela Pays a Visit to the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) On 18 March 1962, Nelson Mandela and Robert Resha departed from Rabat in Morocco by train, heading for Oudja,…
Athol Fugard: The Writer Under Apartheid (Extracts from Kader Asmal’s Sechaba Article) “Without white South Africa realizing what it has done – and on the basis of that realization having…
The Disbandment of the Apartheid SADF 31 Battalion On 7 March 1993, the apartheid South African Defence Force’s (SADF) 31 Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape…
The Battle of Salt River: Khoikhoi Warriors Defeat Portuguese Thieves On this day, 1 March 1510, at the mouth of Salt River, on the shore of Table Bay (in Cape…
Olof Palme is Assassinated Close to midnight on 28 February 1986, Sven Olof Joachim Palme was walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme in the central Stockholm…
Frontline States under Pressure On 23 February 1985, Botswana Foreign Minister, G.K.T. Chiepe, was present when African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki met Botswana President Masire,…
MK Stowaways for Underground Revival On 19 February 1968, eight days after departing Kenya, the vessel “Clan Ross” reached Cape Town, and when it docked, Bifana Matthews Ngcobo asked Walter…