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uMkhonto weSizwe (Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; lit. ' Spear of the Nation ') was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government to bring an end to its racist policies ...
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu (10 July 1956 – 6 April 1979) was a South African freedom fighter, struggle activist and operative of the African National Congress (ANC) militant wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). He was convicted for his part in the murder of two people and hanged in 1979.
Andrew Sibusiso Zondo (1966–67 – 9 September 1986) was a South African Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative. [1] He detonated a bomb at Sanlam Centre in Amanzimtoti on 23 December 1985, killing five people.
The Church Street bombing was a terrorist car bomb attack on 20 May 1983 in the South African capital Pretoria by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress. The bombing killed 19 people, including the two perpetrators, and wounded 217. [1] [2]
Robert McBride, a leader in Umkhonto we Sizwe (the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress), was convicted of carrying out the attack and sentenced to death, but later reprieved and released.
Andrew Sibusiso Zondo member of the ANC's Umkhonto we Sizwe Mugshot of Andrew Zondo The Amanzimtoti bombing took place on 23 December 1985 when five civilians were killed and 40 were injured when Andrew Sibusiso Zondo , a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe , detonated an explosive in a rubbish bin at a shopping centre.
Anton 'Gamka' Fransch (c. 1969 – 17 November 1989), nom de guerre Mahomad, [1] was a commander in uMkhonto we Sizwe. [2] He was killed on 17 November 1989 in Cape Town by members of the South African Police and the South African Defence Force for his anti-apartheid activities, after a seven-hour siege in which he used hand-grenades and a machine gun.
At least 150 landmines were planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe. The Cradock Four murders: 27 June 1985 town of Cradock, Eastern Cape 4 Abduction and murder of four anti-Apartheid activists by South African security police Duncan Village Massacre: 1985-08-11 Duncan Village, East London, Eastern Cape: 19 killed 138 wounded Trojan Horse Incident: 1985-10-15