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ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… forces. The fund devised elaborate methods to disguise its operations, since staffers were certain that their phones had … detection. They also used…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… with the UK can be seen by how he ran some of the major operations out of the UK. One of these was Operation … because, in the words of Mr. McPherson, the…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… is your chance to step into the world of a high-stakes covert operation that changed the course of South Africa's …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… campaigns managed from DST; ( c ) monthly resupply operations (during which brand new AK47s sourced from Eastern … the front line states throughout the 1980s…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… overt level. Furthermore, it provides the funds for their operations and this would include the very considerable funds … Service (CIS) incorporating the…
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… the attempted repeal of the Clark Amendment prohibiting covert action in Angola; the policy of linkage and insistence … of the scope and qualitative…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… as feeding his opposition to South Africa’s systematic and covert racism. [ix] In an article written for The Rand Daily … parties, and other anti-apartheid…
ArticleGeneral Factory Workers Benefit fund (GFWBF)
The General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF) was formed on 9 September 1972 by Harriet Bolton, Michael Halton Cheadle, David Hemson, David Davies, Foszia…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… should dismiss our demand for specific steps relating to covert operations and state security forces by denying such actions. …
BiographyAhmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured'…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… supplied a group of anti-submarine vessels for offshore operations (North Africa Campaign) 1942 - British … vessels fought in the Mediterranean in support of…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… contact among blacks, for undermining legitimate operations and maintaining the status quo ". 76 Khumalo … Commission stated that the IFP had been the…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… apologises for the spate of articles about an alleged covert ‘rogue unit’ in the SA Revenue Service, saying it had … Minister Pravin Gordhan and President…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… the ANC sends more cadres abroad to set up external operations to help the ANC back in South Africa. March, 1963 …
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo was born in Edendale, Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… who fled to exile swelled its ranks. MK stepped up its operations inside the 1980s with attacks across the country. … anniversary. 1976-1978 There is a…
PlaceDelmas
… prices, backed by excellent customer service. Sephaku’s operations include a flagship clinker facility located near … on cost and environmental management…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
… “Upwards of R200 million” was spent on Project Justice, a covert operation intended to co-opt members of the judiciary …
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and his mother were…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… Acheson was an Irish hit man, purportedly part of a covert South African military organization known as the Civil …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… President Thabo Mbeki launches the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO), better known as the Scorpions, a Business … as well as his own relatives, who had…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… an illegal radio broadcast by Walter Sisulu. The sabotage operations were executed mainly by cadres who had some prior … Liliesleaf farm in Rivonia, where…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… director in name, but that Williamson ran the day-to-day operations. In other words Erikssen had given Williamson … that the organizations submitted written…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… formation behind the struggle. MK also carried out several operations during this period inside the country. Around the … then...Even while negotiating, they…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria in a canoe. This was after the prisoners hacked to…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
On 5 April 2011, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed, allegedly by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s…