Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK)

Umkhonto we Sizwe (or MK), translated "Spear of the Nation," was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in cooperation with the South African Communist Party in their fight against the South African apartheid government.[1] MK launched its first guerrilla attacks against government installations on 16 December 1961. It was subsequently classified as a terrorist organization by the South African government and the United States, and banned.

For a time it was headquartered in Rivonia, a suburb of Johannesburg. On 11 July 1963, 19 ANC and MK leaders, including Arthur Goldreich and Walter Sisulu, were arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia (26°2′36″S 28°3′15″E / 26.04333°S 28.05417°E / -26.04333; 28.05417 (Liliesleaf Farm)). The farm was privately owned by Arthur Goldreich and bought with SACP (South African Communist Party) and ANC funds, as individuals who were not deemed "White" were unable to own such a property under the Group Areas Act. This was followed by the Rivonia Trial, in which ten leaders of the ANC were tried for 221 acts of sabotage designed to "foment violent revolution". Wilton Mkwayi, chief of MK at the time, escaped during trial.

The MK carried out numerous bombings[2] of military, industrial and infrastructural sites. The tactics were initially geared solely towards sabotage, but eventually expanded to include urban guerrilla warfare.[citation needed] Notable among these were the 8 January 1982 attack on the Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the formation of the ANC, the Church Street bombing on 20 May 1983, killing 19, and the 14 June 1986 car-bombing of Magoo's Bar in Durban, in which 3 people were killed and 73 injured. The total number of people killed or injured in the 30 years of MK's campaigns is not known exactly. MK alone was not a military threat to the apartheid state,[citation needed] but the ANC leadership saw MK as the armed component of a strategy of "people's war" that was primarily geared towards mobilizing mass political support.

MK suspended operations on 1 August 1990 in preparation for the dismantling of apartheid, and was finally integrated into the South African National Defence Force by 1994.

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[redword2007]

@CaithCid

You think violence strated in South Africa in 1994! White people (with notable exceptions) rarely complained about violence when it was contained within the townships.

[Packal1980]

@sisnubia you're a racist, dude

[sibusiso41]

This reminds me of Cde Chris Hani, Cde Joe Slovo and the rest..

[sisnubia]

GO BACK TO THE CAVES OF EUROPE YOU FUCKIN STINKIN WHITE CUNTS....YOU HAVE NO RIGHT IN AFRIKA WHATEVER IS COMIN TO YOU, YOU DESERVE IT....I HATE ALL OF YOU AND I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL.

[CaithCid]

all u people who diagree with my comments look at whats happening to South Africa .. Me as an Afrikaner voted to get aparteid removed, i believe in everyone is equal, but today 17 years after the ANC was voted in to power over 4000 afrikaner farmers were murdered, SA has dropped to being a 3rd rated country and the whites are still getting blamed for the troubles, the ANC is a corrupt government and the poor blacks are still poor living in shacks, the world is noticing .. war is coming..

[CaithCid]

@jonanini1 lol ! u dumb ass !!! what u using a comic book to get your history ? please man do not insult me, look at the real way it happened and learn from it .. moemnie met afrikaners fok nie, ons sal vir julle begrawe ! google that u dumb ass and find out what it means u incompinent moron

[CaithCid]

"a few weeks before sharpville a police station was attacked and the police officers were killed and mutilated .. the sharpville uprising started because the blacks disagreed with the policy of being taught in afrikaans .. a fire arm went off during the riot and nervious officers fired .. thats the short version, if i ever go to your country i would love to meet u and your black wife .. only to put u on your ass and spit in your face

[CaithCid]

@pallekanin91 oh u idiot danish asshole ! i suggest u use more than google to make yourself feel good about a country that has nothing to do with you ! ANC bombed churches ..for your dumb ass information here is a reason why sharpville happened .. to confirm plz try and not use google idiot...

[WHKCCP]

@jonanini1 Please provide the title of your history book. Are you sure it is not a Mtondo we Siswe comic strip?

[WHKCCP]

Mthondo we Siswe, the ANC's AIDS spreader.