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Read more about the article Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On
1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On

Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On On 29 April 1977, Marimuthu Pragalathan Naicker, fondly known as “MP”, passed on at the age of 56 from a suspected heart…

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April 28, 2026
Read more about the article Commander Lizo Bright Ngqungwana of the Western Cape
1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Commander Lizo Bright Ngqungwana of the Western Cape

Commander Lizo Bright Ngqungwana of the Western Cape Forty years ago, at around 02:00 in the morning of 23 April 1986, while Lizo Bright Ngqungwana was asleep in a three-roomed…

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April 22, 2026
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo Visits the Soviet Union
1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo Visits the Soviet Union

Oliver Tambo Visits the Soviet Union On 9 April 1963, returning from a trip to the Soviet Union, based on the invitation of the Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee, Deputy President…

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April 9, 2026
Read more about the article Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 1
1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)

Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 1

Apartheid’s ‘Total Strategy’: Arming the Racist State – Part 1 Introduction On 31 March 1977, the apartheid government released a Defence Force White Paper in the House of Assembly, which…

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March 30, 2026
Read more about the article Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland
1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland

Three Senior ANC Cadres Arrested in Swaziland Fifty years ago, on 22 March 1976, Jacob Zuma and Albert Dhlomo were arrested in Manzini, Swaziland, and were found with ammunition and…

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March 22, 2026
Read more about the article Oliver Tambo: Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa
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Oliver Tambo: Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa

Oliver Tambo: Addressing the OAU Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa On 22 March 1989, addressing a one-day meeting of the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) Ad-Hoc Committee on Southern Africa,…

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March 22, 2026