Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People`s Army of our country. By that time the demands of our people were loud, persistent … to the effort we made in 1967 when, as a combined force of ANC and ZAPU fighters, we crossed the Zambezi into the then … of our revolution. On this day, every year, we pay special tribute to those illustrious combatants who fell on the …