| 释义 |
‖ Umkhonto we Sizwe, n. S. Afr.|umˈkɔntɔ we ˈsizwe|
Also Umkonto we Sizwe.
[Ngu, lit. ‘Spear of the Nation’.]
The military wing of the African National Congress. Also ellipt., as Umkhonto. (Abbrev. MK.)
1961Umkonto we Sizwe 6 Dec. 1/1 Units of Umkonto We Sizwe today carried out planned attacks against Government installations. 1963People accept Challenge of Nationalists (Afr. Nat. Congr.) Mar. 3 Umkhonto we Sizwe, as the military wing to our struggle is also guided by the same principle of acting only on the bases of a scientific analysis of the objective conditions. 1964H. H. R. de Villiers Rivonia (Biogr. App.), His reason for not joining Umkhonto was that the National Executive of the A.N.C. thought it inadvisable that both he and Mandela should join. 1971Weekend World (Johannesburg) 9 May 2/3 April—as a member of the African National Congress and Umkonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation)—was trained in communism, warfare, guerilla warfare, [etc.]. 1989Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 13 Oct. 2 He became a key leader in his organisation, and joined Umkhonto's high command. |