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    uMkhonto weSizwe - Wikipedia
    FounderNelson Mandela
    LeadersNelson Mandela · Oliver Tambo · Walter Sisulu · Govan Mbeki · Joe Slovo · Lennox Lagu · Joe Modise · Chris Hani · Raymond Mhlaba · Moses Mabhida · Ronnie Kasrils · Isaac Lesiba Maphotho · Siphiwe Nyanda · Godfrey Ngwenya
    Dates of operation1961–1993
    Merged intoSANDF
    Motivations for formation

    According to Nelson Mandela, all of the founding members of the uMkhonto weSizwe, including himself, were also members of the ANC. In his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech, delivered at the conclusion of the … See more

    Command structure (1961–1964)

    In the six or so months between making the decision to form the organisation (June) and the first acts of sabotage (December), the MK high command set up regional commands in the main centres. The people chosen to b… See more

    Domestic campaign

    In June 1961, Mandela sent a letter to South African newspapers warning the government that a campaign of sabotage would be launched unless the government agreed to call for a national constitutional convention… See more

    Foreign military activities

    In January 1969, the ANC declared its solidarity with the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and pursued close military relations with that party, then involved in the Angolan War of Independe… See more

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    Motivations for formation
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