Western Cape

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Biographies and Obituaries / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Lizo Bright Ngqungwana – Commander of the Western Cape

Lizo Bright Ngqungwana – Commander of the Western Cape At around 02:00, in the morning of 23 April 1986, while Lizo Bright Ngqungwana was asleep in a three-roomed hut in…

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April 23, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police

REMEMBER DULCIE SEPTEMBER: 20 AUGUST 1935 – 29 MARCH 1988

REMEMBER DULCIE SEPTEMBER: 20 AUGUST 1935 – 29 MARCH 1988 Dulcie Evonne September was treacherously murdered on 29 March 1988, by a hired killer in the pay of the apartheid…

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March 31, 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

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Gugulethu Seven

The Gugulethu Seven On 3 March 1986, an anti-apartheid group of young activists between the ages of 16 and 23 were shot and killed by members of the apartheid police…

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March 4, 2025

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Battles

The Battle of Salt River: Khoikhoi Warriors Defeat Portuguese Thieves

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…

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March 1, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Trade Union Leaders / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Birth of Alex La Guma

Birth of Alex La Guma On this day, 20 February 1924, Alex La Guma, was born in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa. La Guma was a South African novelist,…

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February 20, 2025

1984-1990 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Vlakplaas Operatives and Askaris Deployed to the Western Cape

On Thursday, 2 January 1986, Colonel Eugene de Dock was in Vlakplaas, where he instructed Riaan Bellingan to go to Cape Town, where he was going to operate under the…

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January 2, 2025