UMkhonto weSizwe

uMkhonto weSizwe was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its objective was to bring armed pressure on South Africa’s National Party (NP) government to abandon its policy of racial segregation, apartheid. It carried out bombings on military-industrial, civilian targets and during the 1980s was known for Necklasing black South Africans in segragated townships for being suspected supporters of the Apartheid government.