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Fish Mahlalela (851 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Veterans' League in Mpumalanga. A former anti-apartheid activist in Umkhonto we Sizwe, Mahlalela joined the government in 1994. Before returning to the

Chris Hani (2,268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce

Labour Party (South Africa, 1969) (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Persons Representative Council. It opposed the guerrilla struggle of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the call for international sanctions against South Africa. The

Collins Chabane (424 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Chabane also went to Angola for military training in 1980, and

Joe Slovo (1,842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). A South African citizen from a Jewish-Lithuanian family, Slovo

Wilton Mkwayi (850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

violent revolution, allegedly as a member of the new High Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was sentenced in December 1964 in the little Rivonia Trial and

Joe Modise (4,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

November 2001) was a South African political figure. He helped to found uMkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its longest

Govan Mbeki (1,589 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the son of Chief Sikelewu Mbeki

Ela Gandhi (750 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Government of India. In 2014, she was also honoured as a veteran of the Umkhonto we Sizwe. The Embassy of India Student Hub, Washington, D.C., invited Ela Gandhi

Mac Maharaj (807 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(1936-04-22) 22 April 1936 (age 88) Newcastle, Natal, Union of South Africa Political party African National Congress Other political affiliations South African

Ike Maphotho (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

revolutionary leader, African National Congress (ANC) stalwart and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veteran. Maphotho had previously served as a Member of the Limpopo

Raymond Mhlaba (1,034 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Act, the party took up the armed struggle forming its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mhlaba was one of its first recruits and was sent to China for military

Stanley Mathabatha (1,702 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ambassador to Ukraine under President Jacob Zuma. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the United Democratic Front, Mathabatha was elected the Provincial

Moses Kotane (561 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(originally) Pella, North West, South Africa (re-interred, 14 March 2015) Political party South African Communist Party African National Congress Spouse(s) Sophie

Walter Sisulu (2,809 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the ANC Youth League and Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist

Thandi Modise (3,563 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1976 Soweto uprising, when she dropped out of high school to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's armed wing, in exile. In 1978 she returned to South

Joe Gqabi (673 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Walter Sisulu. As a member of the South African Communist Party and UMkhonto we Sizwe he was sent for guerilla training in China in the early 1960s. He

Ronnie Kasrils (2,031 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

prohibiting him from public speaking. He was a founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) as member of Natal Regional Command during the same year. He

Ruth Mompati (507 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Vryburg, North West. She served as an executive member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Veteran's Association. Mompati died on 12 May 2015, aged 89, following

Papi Moloto (276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African politician and former anti-apartheid activist. A veteran of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National

Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba (1,734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Letsatsi-Duba entered politics during apartheid as a recruit of Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile. She has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee

Mavuso Msimang (1,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(SANparks). In the 1960s, he was a member of the military high command of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Msimang

Ahmed Kathrada (2,000 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kathrada was arrested at the South African internal headquarters of Umkhonto we Sizwe ("The Spear of the Nation" – the military wing of the ANC) in Rivonia

Mamabolo Nwedamutswu (570 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in exile with the movement, serving as a political commissar for Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Swaziland. After the end of apartheid, he represented the

Peter Maluleka (757 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a South African politician and businessman from Gauteng. A former Umkhonto we Sizwe operative, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the

Ignatius Jacobs (917 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

provincial legislature in 2009, he was the General Manager of his political party, the African National Congress, until 2017. Jacobs was born on 31 July

Ndaba Gcwabaza (210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Southern Natal from 1984 to 1991. After joining the underground of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1988, he convened an MK unit in Klaarwater and helped establish

Nelson Diale (584 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

imprisonment on Robben Island, from 1964 to 1972, for his work with Umkhonto we Sizwe. After the end of apartheid, he represented the ANC in the National

Ephraim Mogale (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

South African Students (COSAS), he was an underground operative for Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the Northern Transvaal and was imprisoned on Robben Island

Richard Pillay (968 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

crossed the floor to the New National Party. He is a former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and a former activist in the Unemployed Masses of South Africa. Pillay

Johannes Phungula (698 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1952 and spent several decades as an underground operative for Umkhonto we Sizwe in rural Natal, working closely with Jacob Zuma. He was awarded the

Tlokwe Maserumule (414 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Maserumule was a member of the outlawed ANC and its military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). In 2000, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted him

Steve Tshwete (1,146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

politician and activist with the African National Congress. Involved in Umkhonto we Sizwe, Tshwete was imprisoned by the apartheid authorities on Robben Island

James Kati (604 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

death in 2006. He joined the ANC in 1949 and was a member of the Umkhonto we Sizwe underground in the Transkei. Kati was born on 4 January 1924 in Luheweni

Flag Boshielo (701 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the party was banned in 1960 and served as political commissar of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) from 1969 until his disappearance in 1970. He went missing in

David Dlali (560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. A former Umkhonto we Sizwe operative, he subsequently served as a special adviser to Lulu Xingwana

Thabang Makwetla (3,041 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lesotho to complete his schooling and joined the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), later serving as an instructor and political commissar in the

John Phala (766 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

prominence during the 1958 Sekhukhuneland revolt. An early recruit to Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, he was convicted of terrorism in 1977 and sentenced

Mittah Seperepere (493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1965. Upon her release, she was incorporated into the underground of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's armed wing. In 1966, Seperepere and her husband left the

Janet Love (1,568 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Centre from 2006 to 2018. During apartheid, Love was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and worked for the African National Congress (ANC) in exile, ultimately

Gregory Nthatisi (331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African National Congress politician, anti-apartheid activist and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veteran serving as the mayor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Tony Yengeni (3,028 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the ANC in 1976 and went into exile with the party's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe. In 1986, he returned to South Africa as the commander of Umkhonto

Piet Mathebe (802 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

joined during apartheid. He was recruited into an underground cell of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the Northern Transvaal in 1987 and, after receiving military

Mzwandile Masala (735 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was active in the ANC underground in the Eastern Cape. He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1962 and was arrested in 1964 for his MK activities. He spent 11

Tim Jenkin (2,568 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

including the South African Communist Party, the ANC and its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, from 1975 to 1978, and urging people to join the liberation movement

Curnick Ndlovu (1,240 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Railway and Harbour Workers' Union, and a former regional commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Natal Province. Born in the Transkei, Ndlovu rose to political

Hermanus Loots (1,756 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

politician, businessman, and former anti-apartheid activist. A member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) since 1961, he is best known as the chairperson of MK's Stuart

Eric Mtshali (1,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

both of the South African Congress of Trade Unions in 1955 and of Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961. He was also a stalwart of the South African Communist Party

Moe Shaik (2,033 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Operation Vula operative Head of the South African Secret Service Political party African National Congress Relatives Schabir Shaik (brother) Chippy

Ayanda Dlodlo (1,886 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress

Ka Shabangu (1,448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African politician and former anti-apartheid activist. He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the aftermath of the 1976 Soweto uprising, and in 1981 he

Tokyo Sexwale (3,279 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

early 1970s, he joined the African National Congress's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ("spear of the nation"). While in Swaziland, he completed a Certificate

Richard Sikakane (533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Matshana Reserve, Zululand Natal, Union of South Africa Died January 2021 (aged 84) Political party African National Congress Education Adams College

Jacob Marule (422 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Succeeded by Rosina Semenya Personal details Citizenship South Africa Political party African National Congress Spouse Marie Smallface Marule (d. 2014)

Ebrahim Ebrahim (1,473 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

origin who was a member of the African National Congress's armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe. He was tried in the Pietermaritzburg sabotage trials of 1963 and

Patrick Chamusso (400 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

tortured whilst a prisoner. He fled to Mozambique where he joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary wing of the ANC. After military training, he returned

Pat Matosa (1,823 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

activities with Umkhonto we Sizwe. Matosa was born in rural Rouxville in the former Orange Free State. He was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe in the 1980s

Henry Fazzie (581 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(ANC) in the National Assembly until 2009. He was an early member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and from 1965 was imprisoned on Robben Island for 12 years for his

Peter Nchabeleng (1,380 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to 1972 on charges related to his activism as an early recruit to Umkhonto we Sizwe. In the decade after his release, he was banished to his birthplace

Sizakele Sigxashe (1,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

return to Southern Africa, Sigxashe joined the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), in 1970. He lived in Tanzania, where he worked as a lecturer

Ben Fihla (564 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1964 to 1978 for his work with Umkhonto we Sizwe. Fihla was born on 13 June 1932 in Port Elizabeth in the former Cape

Mzwai Piliso (2,026 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

head of the National Intelligence and Security Department (NAT) of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's armed wing, and briefly represented the ANC in the

Jenny Schreiner (1,881 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

party's secretariat. Schreiner joined the ANC and its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, while a student in Cape Town. She rose to national prominence in

Alf Wannenburgh (6,073 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

opponents of apartheid. Wannenburgh was also a covert member of the UMkhonto we Sizwe ('Spear of the Nation' or 'MK') and was recruited by Dennis Goldberg

James Ngculu (3,815 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cape Town, Ngculu was a member of the June 16 Detachment that joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile in the aftermath of the 1976 Soweto uprising, and he later

Albert Luthuli (9,338 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

as President-General gradually waned. The subsequent creation of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's paramilitary wing, marked the anti-apartheid movement's

History of the African National Congress (15,701 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

underground, the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), which was to become the ANC's military wing. Announcing the

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (8,019 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

youth development until 1984, when she left South Africa to join Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile. She returned to the country in 1990 and became a national

Private army (631 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Party New People's Army of the Communist Party of the Philippines uMkhonto we Sizwe of the African National Congress Ukrainian Insurgent Army of the Organisation

Denis Goldberg (5,486 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

against the police and military. After the underground armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation", or MK) was founded as an armed wing of the

Amos Masondo (256 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the anti-Afrikaans riots in 1972. He also established underground Umkhonto we Sizwe cells in Soweto, and was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1975 to

Linda Mti (2,041 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bosasa during his tenure as commissioner. Mti was a senior member of Umkhonto we Sizwe during apartheid and he represented the African National Congress

Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (784 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

zones from Sipolilo to Plumtree. ZIPRA was in formal alliance with uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's militant wing. ZIPRA and MK mounted a celebrated,

Jerome Maake (310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

University. Maake joined the ANC in 1980 while in Swaziland. He was a UMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) soldier and trained in Angola. He returned to South Africa in

Lindiwe Sisulu (1,458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

exile from 1977 to 1979, she joined the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe, specialising in intelligence. In 1973, Lindiwe Sisulu graduated from

Dingaan Myolwa (544 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

is a member of the African National Congress. He was a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and while in exile in Tanzania, he served in a military camp. He has

Sfiso Buthelezi (500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

KwaZulu-Natal, in 1961. In 1981, at the age of 20, Buthelezi joined uMkhonto we Sizwe, the former paramilitary wing of the African National Congress. He

Nelson Mandela (23,860 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant uMkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government. He was

Thabo Mbeki (14,416 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

economics and development instead of returning to Africa to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's armed wing. His Master's dissertation was in economic

International Socialist League (South Africa) (731 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

ISBN 0950422517. Simelane, David (1981). "The International Socialist League". Umkhonto we Sizwe. South African History Online. pp. 32–35. Retrieved 9 October 2021

Zola Skweyiya (845 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the armed struggle in 1961, he became part of its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).: 19 He left South Africa in 1963, joining the ANC in exile

Claudia Ndaba (622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

uncles were members of the African National Congress's military wing, UMkhonto we Sizwe. She enrolled at the Ann Latsky Nursing College in Johannesburg in

Songezo Zibi (613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Zibi, was an anti-apartheid activist with the armed wing of the ANC, uMkhonto we Sizwe. In 1982, Vuyani Zibi was killed by SADF Special Forces in Maseru

Zweli Mkhize (7,736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

KwaZulu-Natal from 2009 to 2013. A former anti-apartheid activist in Umkhonto we Sizwe, Mkhize was formerly a provincial politician in his home province

Bheki Cele (3,118 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Union of South Africa. In exile in Angola in the mid-1980s, he joined Umkhonto we Sizwe, and he was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1987 until he was released

Ben Martins (977 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

became a member of the African National Congress (later joining Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed branch of the ANC). He was made the chief coordinator of

Bheki Ntuli (537 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

underground structures of the African National Congress and was part of uMkhonto we Sizwe operations during apartheid. Soon after, he was involved with the

Michael Dingake (461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sharpeville Massacre. His role extended to the military wing of the ANC, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), where he played a pivotal role in recruitment and operations

Hilton Dennis (499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1980. By 1981, he was in Angola receiving military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC. As part of the ANC's Department of

List of awards and honours received by Nelson Mandela (6,938 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

activist and leader of the African National Congress and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. He spent 27 years in prison, much of it in a cell on Robben Island

Collins Ramusi (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he had three sons: Selaelo, Sekgweng, and Mothibi. Selaelo joined Umkhonto we Sizwe and died in prison in 1979; Ramusi was in exile at the time and was

Mtutuzeli Mpehle (364 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was involved in the political education of young ANC recruits in Umkhonto we Sizwe camps. He was later the ANC's chief representative in Zimbabwe and

Pemmy Majodina (910 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African National Congress. She was also an underground operative of uMkhonto we Sizwe. Following the April 1994 elections, Majodina was sworn in as a member

Priscilla Jana (2,690 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

high-profile cases from this time she defended a 22-year-old activist and UMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) member, Solomon Mahlangu, who was eventually convicted under

Kgalema Motlanthe (12,539 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was forcibly removed from Alexandra, Motlanthe was recruited into UMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), after he finished

Operation Dudula (916 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexandra Dudula Movement All Truck Drivers Foundation MKMVA – the UMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association (disbanded). Operation Dudula has been

Tate Makgoe (1,111 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1984 to join the military wing of the African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was incarcerated at the Sun City Prison between 1986 and 1991

Buyiswa Fazzie (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

as a civil servant in the Department of Health. She was married to Umkhonto we Sizwe activist Henry Fazzie, who was detained for long periods during apartheid

Pumza Dyantyi (1,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Women's League, the Eastern Cape health sub-committee, and the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association. In 2014, she stood for election to

Anna Buthelezi (486 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Zacharia Phori, a National Intelligence Agency officer and former Umkhonto we Sizwe operative, with whom she has one son. They divorced in February 2002

Essop Jassat (482 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

unit, and a back room in his surgery in Johannesburg was used by Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives for storing sabotage materials. He also provided medical

Lumka Yengeni (510 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the 1980s in Lusaka, Zambia, Yengeni married Tony Yengeni, then an Umkhonto we Sizwe commander and later an ANC parliamentarian. They have two adult children

George Phadagi (819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

members of the party to go and study politics. He later trained as Umkhonto we Sizwe cadre together with other members of the party. He was forced to join

Natal Indian Congress (2,609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ebrahim Ebrahim, were imprisoned due to their dual membership of Umkhonto we Sizwe; others, such as M. P. Naicker, H. A. Naidoo and George Ponnen, were

Kader Asmal (1,369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

on South Africa's Sasolburg refinery, which was then bombed by the uMkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's military wing in 1980. While in London, he started the

Mongane Wally Serote (861 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Botswana, where he rejoined the ANC underground and its military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He lived in Gaborone, where he was involved in the Medu Art

Mkhuseli Jack (1,755 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to bring down the Apartheid regime. The armed branch of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), as well as other organisations that had opposed

Ian Phillips (politician) (659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

conflict with Inkatha supporters. Phillips and Jeff Radebe were asked by Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) chief of staff Chris Hani to facilitate weapons-supply chains

Pravin Gordhan (1,801 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

anti-apartheid activist Profession Pharmacist Military service Allegiance Umkhonto We Sizwe Branch/service Operation Vula (1986-1990) Years of service 1970-1994

Ivy Gcina (775 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of her sons were ultimately recruited into the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe. While they were children, she had taught them about the Freedom Charter

Johnny Makatini (736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to join the ANC's exile mission and receive military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe. After his training, he remained at the exile mission to receive subsequent

Constand Viljoen (1,680 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the country. The force was assembled in preparation for war with Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), as a potential

Mary Turok (716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

arrest after serving a three-year sentence for his activities with Umkhonto we Sizwe, and the couple fled South Africa with their children to evade further

Jomo Khasu (850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

June 1986. His brother, Khotso Frank Khasu, went into exile with Umkhonto we Sizwe and later became a civil servant and businessman. In South Africa's

Vernon Berrangé (2,779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the police arrested Looksmart Khulile Ngudle, a regional leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Sixteen days later he was found hanged in his cell. Despite the police's

Sifiso Nkabinde (1,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

political activists and inform the police about the movements of Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres. His previous handler, prior to his exposure as a Security

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (5,380 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

officer at the Mbabane Government Hospital. She met her future husband, Umkhonto we Sizwe activist Jacob Zuma, while embedded in the ANC underground in Swaziland

Mnyamezeli Booi (1,222 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ANC during apartheid and who later became a prominent figure in the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association. Booi was first elected to an ANC seat

Jeanette Schoon (1,010 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a long prison sentence for a sabotage plot under the auspices of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Although their banning orders made it an offence for them to meet

Danny Msiza (1,503 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1980s. According to the ANC, he was recruited into the underground of Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1984, and he subsequently spent time in exile outside the country

Josiah Jele (1,056 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

joining the ANC at its headquarters abroad. He was stationed with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Tanzania, where he edited the MK journal, Dawn, while serving

Collen Maine (2,446 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

where he urged veterans of the ANC's anti-apartheid armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, to "bring your guns. Now is the time to defend the revolution". Maine

May 20 (5,123 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Luc Montagnier. 1983 – Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by UMkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing

Limpho Hani (1,551 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

2001), and Lindiwe (born 1981). Hani's husband was a senior leader in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), and the

History of terrorism (20,162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

strict orders not to mistreat Mau Mau terrorists. Founded in 1961, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was the military wing of the African National Congress; it waged

Luis Taruc (2,201 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

resistance and guerrilla warfare when he was the commander in chief of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation). While in New Bilibid Prison, Taruc composed

Western Goals Institute (3,498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hani, a leader of the South African Communist Party and of the ANCs Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress, who was assassinated

52nd National Conference of the African National Congress (3,409 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mbeki's political report, Zuma supporters sang "Umshini wami", an Umkhonto we Sizwe song that had become Zuma's trademark. Zuma himself closed the conference

Billy Nair (1,972 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ANC in 1960, Nair became a member of the underground organization Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) which was led by Mandela. Nair went underground for two months

Aaron Motsoaledi (4,276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

maintained links to the outlawed ANC, including to an underground Umkhonto we Sizwe unit in Sekhukhuneland. When the ANC was unbanned in 1990 during the

Revolutionary Communist Group (UK) (3,199 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

South African prison for his work in the National High Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress. City AA

Phumulo Masualle (4,425 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

union. According to Masualle, his "political idol" was James Kati, an Umkhonto we Sizwe activist in the Transkei. After the end of apartheid in 1994, he joined

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (2,839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

detained and questioned her. She received military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe in Angola, and she later attended specialised military courses in

African National Congress Women's League (4,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the People Freedom Charter Rivonia Trial Little Rivonia Trial uMkhonto we Sizwe Radio Freedom Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College Operation Vula Bisho

Makhenkesi Stofile (4,288 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

to one of his political aides, he received military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe. When the United Democratic Front (UDF) was established in 1983, Stofile

Samora Machel (6,126 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

electrician. While those killed were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK - Spear of the Nation), the houses were not a guerrilla base,

Helen Zille (7,123 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

consulted with their lawyers over a possible defamation suit. The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association restated the Youth League's sex claims

Ilya Ponomarev (6,092 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the relationship of African National Congress and its armed wing UMkhonto we Sizwe. As of 21 August 2022[update], The Guardian and Associated Press articles

December 1961 (8,667 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in South Africa, began a bombing campaign with a new organization, Umkhonto we Sizwe, setting off explosions at empty government buildings in Johannesburg

South Africa (21,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

African Defence Force, the forces of the African nationalist groups (uMkhonto we Sizwe and Azanian People's Liberation Army), and the former Bantustan defence

Foreign relations of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi (10,287 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Philippines against the military dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Umkhonto we Sizwe – Xhosa, for the "spear of the nation" was originally the military

Desmond Tutu (19,524 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

appeared in 1984. Tutu testified on behalf of a captured cell of Umkhonto we Sizwe, an armed anti-apartheid group linked to the banned African National

Erich Mielke (16,529 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Baader-Meinhoff Group, the Chilean Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, and Umkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress, were brought