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Read more about the article Signing the Controversial Pretoria Minute
1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Signing the Controversial Pretoria Minute

Signing the Controversial Pretoria Minute On 6 August 1990, the Pretoria Minute became a historic agreement signed between the apartheid government, led by F.W. de Klerk, and the African National…

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August 7, 2026
Read more about the article Rioting Erupts Again in Soweto and Spreads Countrywide
1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Rioting Erupts Again in Soweto and Spreads Countrywide

Rioting Erupts Again in Soweto and Spreads Countrywide On 4 August 1976, riots erupted again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa, as the country experienced a…

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August 6, 2026
Read more about the article The Aftermath of the Soweto June 16 Uprisings
1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Aftermath of the Soweto June 16 Uprisings

The Aftermath of the Soweto June 16 Uprisings On 17 June 1976, the day after the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprisings, the revolts rapidly escalated, spreading beyond Soweto to other…

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June 18, 2026
Read more about the article Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 1)
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 1)

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Destroy the Old Order (Part 1) (Excerpts from an Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985) Compatriots, “Forty-eight…

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November 22, 2025
Read more about the article The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted

The KaNgwane and Ingwavuma Plot Systematically Halted On 18 June 1982, the Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the…

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June 19, 2025
Read more about the article MK Special Operations Unit Hits SASOL
1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

MK Special Operations Unit Hits SASOL

MK Special Operations Unit Hits SASOL On 1 June 1980, at approximately 19:00, Barney Molokoane, Dick Mtimkulu, Lati Ntshekang and Vaku Senzangakhona were dressed in overalls, some blue, some brown,…

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June 1, 2025