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A military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ANC's armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe, at Orlando Stadium on December 16, 2011 in Soweto, South Africa.
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A military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ANC's armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe, at Orlando Stadium on December 16, 2011 in Soweto, South Africa.
The apartheid-era armed wing of the country’s ruling African National Congress, uMkhonto weSizwe, is very different from a new political party that’s sprung up with the same name.