State of Emergency

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 2)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 2) (Excerpts from an Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985) Compatriots, “Our…

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November 23, 2025

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2 On 29 July 1990, after African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela had studied the documents that he received from the leader of the…

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July 29, 2025

1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

The African National Congress (ANC) is Banned

The African National Congress (ANC) is Banned On 8 April 1960, the apartheid Justice Minister Frans Erasmus informed Parliament in Cape Town that the apartheid government had just signed a…

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April 8, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Negotiations / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

State of Emergency Declared in the Natal Province

State of Emergency Declared in the Natal Province On 31 March 1994, apartheid President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in the Natal Province, coinciding with a report…

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March 31, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison

Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison On 11 February 1990, at around 16:16 in the afternoon, recently released leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, emerged from Victor…

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February 11, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / Cuito Cuanavale / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

F.W. de Klerk Ground-breaking Announcement on 2 February 1990

On 2 February 1990, apartheid President F.W. de Klerk made a trailblazing announcement to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the…

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February 2, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Sanctions / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

PW Botha Resigns as National Party Leader

On 2 February 1989, apartheid State President P.W. Botha announced his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State President, after suffering a mild stroke, on 18 January.…

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February 2, 2025