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    uMkhonto weSizwe (Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; English: Spear of the Nation) was the paramilitary wing of the African National...
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  • uMkhonto weSizwe (Zulu for '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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  • uMkhonto we Sizwe was the military wing of the African National Congress. uMkhonto we Sizwe may also refer to: Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation)...
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    its objectives through armed struggle, led by its military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe. These circumstances significantly shaped the ANC during its years...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 weSizwe, and president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 to...
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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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    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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  • resistance campaign, the African National Congress and its armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), used whatever arms and war materiel it could lay its hands on...
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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 that led a sabotage campaign against the apartheid government...
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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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  • ANC in 1960, Nair became a member of the underground organization Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) which was led by Mandela. Nair went underground for two months...
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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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    Democratic Alliance (DA) remained in second place with a slight increase. uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a left-wing populist party founded 6 months prior to the election...
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  • then-outlawed African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing the Umkhonto We Sizwe. He later achieved international recognition for his leadership as...
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  • resistance campaigns against the country's Apartheid legislation. Umkhonto we Sizwe, the militant wing of the African National Congress, made its first...
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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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  • Israel Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), an armed wing of the African National Congress (the majority party in South Africa) uMkhonto we Sizwe Party...
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    Merit Medal in Bronze (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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  • 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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