"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… 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 …