Tanganyika

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / National Trade Union Leaders / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Fish Keitseng’s Land Rover Exploded

Fish Keitseng’s Land Rover Exploded On 17 September 1963, during the night, the Land Rover that Jack Hodgson bought for Fish Keitseng to use in Peleng Village, in Lobatse, was…

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September 17, 2025

1961-1964 / 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 Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Mandela Provides Feedback on His Trip Abroad

Mandela Provides Feedback on His Trip Abroad On 28 July 1962, Joe Slovo informed his wife, Ruth First, that a convergence of people working in the South African Communist Party…

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July 28, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The SACP Electing for Training Abroad, the ANC Debating the Armed Option

The SACP Electing for Training Abroad, the ANC Debating the Armed Option On 1 July 1961, Tennyson Makiwane was conversing with Wilton Mkwayi and Moses Mabhida about the South African…

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July 1, 2025

1961-1964 / 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 Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Guerrilla Warfare Strategy Development

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Guerrilla Warfare Strategy Development On 24 June 1963, African National Congress (ANC) Chief Representative in London for Europe and Latin America, Raymond Kunene, was addressing the…

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June 24, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963

Taking MK Recruits for Advanced Guerrilla Training in Algeria – March 1963 On 26 March 1963, a group of thirty-three Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruits that left Dar es Salaam,…

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March 26, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism

Apartheid South Africa Withdrawn from the British Commonwealth

Apartheid South Africa Withdrawn from the British Commonwealth On 15 March 1961, at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, apartheid South Africa announced that it was to withdraw from the Commonwealth…

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March 15, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Arrest of the First Ethiopian-Trained Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Cadres

On 26 January 1963, Detective Inspector Roderick Ivy of the Southern Rhodesia’s British South Africa Police (BSAP) headed to Bulawayo Central Railway Station on information received from the Northern Rhodesia…

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January 26, 2025