This day in South Africa
Umkhonto we Sizwe announces itself
65 years ago
Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth
On the evening of 16 December 1961, the Afrikaner holiday marking the 1838 battle at Blood River, explosions went off at government offices and electricity installations in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. Leaflets pasted up the same day announced Umkhonto we Sizwe, the Spear of the Nation, and said the time had come to hit back. Nelson Mandela was its first commander. The date is now the Day of Reconciliation.
This day in South Africa
