During this time, he and other ANC leaders formed its armed wing--Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ... only weapon that would destroy apartheid." Nelson Mandela, 1959 "Monitoring Mandela (Four Police ...

Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against ... During this time, Mandela advocated for a military wing of the ANC called Umkhonto we Sizwe, or Spear of the Nation. 40.

Before we discuss ... whether uMkhonto weSizwe is the same as the one associated with the ANC. The latter had a military wing ...