Using ‘Whiteness’: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (II)
We continue this week with an extract from Bob Newland’s life and experience, and his efforts in fighting the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
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Sudan: How Did It Come to This and How Do We Reverse This Descent into Hell? (II)
Sudanese protesters on the train from Atbara to Khartoum. Photo by Osama Elfaki, CC BY-SA 4.0 This special issue of the War Diaries is a continuation of part 1, recently released and deals with the complex conflict in Sudan. Its author Peter de Clercq, a seasoned UN diplomat who retired at the Assistant Secretary General […]
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Sudan: How Did It Come to This, and How Do We Reverse This Descent into Hell? (I)
This special issue of the War Diaries deals with the tragic crisis in Sudan. Its author Peter de Clercq, a seasoned UN diplomat who retired at the Assistant Secretary General level provides an insightful analysis.
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10 World War II Spy Tricks
Being a World War II spy was a daunting task. Nazi Germany’s intelligence-gathering activities were pretty intense in the 1930s. They were in accordance with Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic prejudices. During World War II, these activities were intensified, so the Allies had a challenging task to face the Axis intelligence gathering plans.
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Using ‘Whiteness’: Defeating the Apartheid Intelligence System (I)
Following the Rivonia Trial in 1964, the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) were either in prison serving life sentences or in exile. Their underground organisation was crushed. The mass organisations of the African people were banned. A young saboteur from Durban, Ronnie Kasrils, was tasked by Oliver Tambo with finding a way to carry out propaganda exercises in South Africa keeping the name of the ANC alive while they regrouped and reorganised.
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