• uMkhonto we Sizwe (Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; English: Spear of the Nation) was the paramilitary wing of the African...
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  • uMkhonto weSizwe (English: Spear of the Nation), abbreviated as MK, and often referred to as the MK Party, is a left-wing populist South African political...
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  • The uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association (MKMVA) was an auxiliary political organisation affiliated to South Africa's African National Congress...
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    underground, the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), which was to become the ANC's military wing. Announcing the...
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    peaceful protests against racial injustice and the founding of the Umkhonto we Sizwe paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC) on 16 December...
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  • Chris Hani (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce...
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    Star for Bravery in Silver (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, who had distinguished...
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    Merit Medal in Silver (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, who had distinguished...
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  • Star for Bravery in Gold (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, who have distinguished...
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    Jacob Zuma (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    and Msholozi. Zuma was a former anti-apartheid activist, member of uMkhonto we Sizwe, and president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 to...
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  • Service Medal in Gold (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, for thirty years exemplary service. Umkhonto we Sizwe, abbreviated...
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  • surface-to-air missile Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa. Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation)...
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    Conspicuous Leadership Star (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded to veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, who have distinguished...
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    Govan Mbeki (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the son of Chief Sikelewu Mbeki...
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    1994, when Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, leader of uMkhonto we Sizwe, lawyer, and former political prisoner, was inaugurated as President...
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  • Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) is a reggae album by Prince Far I, released in 1984 and which he was recording when he was murdered in 1983. The...
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  • Service Medal in Bronze (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, for ten years service. uMkhonto we Sizwe, abbreviated as MK...
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    Service Medal in Silver (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    veteran cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, for twenty years service. Umkhonto we Sizwe, abbreviated as MK...
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    against the apartheid state, carried out under its military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe, which was founded in 1961 in partnership with the South African Communist...
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  • Visvin Reddy (category UMkhonto we Sizwe politicians)
    Zuma that his party, the Adec, would form a coalition with Zuma's UMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party after the 2024 general elections. Reddy was later appointed...
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    Nelson Mandela (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant uMkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government. He was...
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  • Solomon Mahlangu (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    and operative of the African National Congress (ANC) militant wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was convicted of murder and hanged in 1979. Mahlangu was...
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  • of the releases in question. Later that year he recorded the album Umkhonto We Sizwe with producer Roy Cousins in Kingston. Before the album was finished...
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    was forcibly removed from Alexandra, Motlanthe was recruited into UMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), after he finished...
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  • Security Forces on 1 August 1967 in response to the group of ZIPRA and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) fighters crossing the Zambezi River, which marked the Rhodesian-Zambian...
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  • South Africa Service Medal (category Military decorations and medals of uMkhonto we Sizwe)
    of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Azanian People's Liberation Army for operational service inside South Africa during the "struggle". Umkhonto we Sizwe, abbreviated...
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  • Walter Sisulu (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the ANC Youth League and Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist...
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  • veterans who had served in the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe during the armed campaign against the former government. The South...
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    Joe Modise (category UMkhonto we Sizwe personnel)
    November 2001) was a South African political figure. He helped to found uMkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its longest...
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  • African National Congress politician, anti-apartheid activist and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veteran serving as the mayor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality...
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