OR Tambo Returns from Exile

OR Tambo Returns from Exile On 13 December 1990, exactly 35 years ago, Oliver Reginald Tambo, the exiled Deputy President and later President of the African National Congress (ANC), returned…

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Michael Dingake Arrested in Figtree, Rhodesia

Michael Dingake Arrested in Figtree, Rhodesia On 8 December 1965, Michael Kitso Dingake, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) Secretariat, based in Ramoutsa, in Bechuanaland, was on a…

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Inkatha’s Attempted Truce with ANC

Inkatha’s Attempted Truce with ANC On 27 November 1985, the Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement (aka “Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe”) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) in Lusaka,…

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Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Black Consciousness Movement

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Black Consciousness Movement (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by the…

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Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Struggle Mounts

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Struggle Mounts (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference, which was presented by the President…

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Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Morogoro Conference and the Need for Maximum Unity

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: The Morogoro Conference and the Need for Maximum Unity (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference,…

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Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Global Offensive of Imperialism and A Period of Extreme Reaction

Forty Years of the Kabwe Conference: Global Offensive of Imperialism and A Period of Extreme Reaction (Portions of the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative…

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MK-ZIPRA Cooperation – For MK Infiltration through Matabeleland

MK-ZIPRA Cooperation – For MK Infiltration through Matabeleland On 15 September 1978, five combatants of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) arrived at the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) residence in Francistown,…

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ANC Leaders and SA Business Meet in Kaunda’s Game Lodge

ANC Leaders and SA Business Meet in Kaunda’s Game Lodge On 13 September 1985, African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and his entourage consisting of Pallo Jordan, Mac Maharaj,…

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Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”)

Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission, near to KwaDukuza (Stanger). His father was one of…

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