This article has three aims: first is to assess the impact of Umkhonto We Sizwe, its doctrines, culture and history, on the creation of the South African National Defence Force in 1994; second it attempts to examine the nature of this guerrilla army, its efficacy, its traditions and the relationship of its military objectives to their political objectives; and third it strives to suggest how MK
... [Show full abstract] and APLA histories can be more fully recorded.