By Bob Newland.
On March 6th 2015 a new exhibit dedicated to MK (Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the ANC) was opened at Liliesleaf Farm Museum. The museum is on the site of the farm where the leadership of MK organised the armed struggle against apartheid until their arrest in a raid in 1963.
Read more: Report of visit to Liliesleaf Farm, Johannesburg and Cape Town March 2015
Honoured Guests, Comrades
It is a most humbling moment to be here for the opening of the new exhibits including that dedicated to the London Recruits a number of whom are here today:-
Read more: Liliesleaf exhibit opening - speech by Bob Newland
Liliesleaf Farm Museum visit 6 March 2015
Liliesleaf Farm at Rivonia was the birthplace of MK and of the armed struggle. On 6 March 2015, some of the London Recruits went to South Africa, by invitation, to attend the official opening of a small section (or 'exhibit' as it is called there) of the museum devoted to our story. This coincided with the opening of a section devoted to the history of MK, the armed wing of the liberation movement. The event was attended by former President Kgalema Motlanthe, several former government ministers such as Sydney Mufamadi, Essop and Aziz Pahad, veteran MK activists, academics, etc. The meeting was addressed by Bob Newland for the Recruits, the Cuban Ambassador, a former GDR Ambassador and Ronnie Kasrils, who sent most of us London Recruits on our missions.
