The uMkhonto we Sizwe Veterans Association (MKMVA) says it will host a series of activities as it celebrates the centenary birthday of its first commander-in-chief Nelson Mandela. The celebrations will take place in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng as well as the Western Cape. Umkhonto we Sizwe was established on 16 December 1961 after the apartheid government banned the African National Congress (ANC) in 1960. MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe says they […]
ANC veteran Zola Skweyiya has died‚ just days before his birthday. He was 75. The news broke on Wednesday morning‚ as South Africans prepare to mourn another ANC struggle leader‚ Winnie Madikizela-Mandela‚ at the official memorial service in Soweto. It also comes a day after the 25th commemoration of ANC-SACP leader Chris Hani's assassination. Skweyiya's life was devoted to the party he joined in 1956‚ notably serving as Minister of […]
A group of ANC supporters have gathered at the party's headquarters in central Johannesburg on Friday morning. Umkhonto We Sizwe veterans and ANC Youth League members vowed to defend Luthuli House, amid a number of protesters against President Jacob Zuma. A number of buses filled with supporters and a massive truck branded in ANC colours arrived in the CBD and were parked in front of the Library Gardens. Police are […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
