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… Poqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist … organisations of the time, such as uMkhonto we Sizwe , Poqo made no effort to avoid loss of life and was the most … to replace it with a socialist African state. The word 'poqo' means 'pure' or 'alone' in Xhosa and the organisation …

… (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After its formation in 1959, the PAC … Pokela to revive the task force. The ATF evolved to become Poqo, the PAC’s armed wing. Through Poqo, the PAC adopted violence as a legitimate means of …

… ANC’s military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK).  The PAC’s Poqo on the other hand did not hesitate to attack, often … areas, with particular reference to Transkei, numerous Poqo underground networks targeted chiefs found to be … hundreds and probably thousands of ANC, MK, PAC and Poqo operatives. The laws, applied in a range of court cases …

… Armed Poqo members were intercepted by the police while on their … Kaiser Matanzima. An armed clash between the police and Poqo members, led by Albert Tshweni, took place following a … taking cover in the hills for fear of being attacked by Poqo members, a standoff ensued. Tshweni's men charged at the …

… an uprising against the Apartheid government, members of Poqo, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania's military wing … uitg . Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 599.)|SAHO,  Poqo , from  South African History Online , Available at  … Poqo members kill a White family …

… (PAC), confirmed in Maseru, Basutoland (now Lesotho), that Poqo and the PAC are one and the same organisation. Leballo … in 1953 as the South African Communist Party (SACP). Poqo continued to operate clandestinely, particularly in the … Cape. Between the end of 1962 and the middle of 1963 Poqo carried out a number of attacks on persons believed to …

… was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo , the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape Province (now Western Cape), …

… A member of the Pan African Congress and Poqo . he was executed at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 May …

… to set up the PAC’s underground guerrilla structure, Poqo in Lesotho. The formed underground structure planned an … and other activists were arrested during a swoop on PAC- Poqo suspects on the night of 21 March 1963. In June 1963 … son Simon Brander died on Robben Island convicted as a PAC-Poqo activist. Masemola travelled the length and breadth of …

… had been PAC members and sentenced to imprisonment for POQO activities. The brothers contribution to the struggle …

… Poqo and Rural Resistance in the Transkei, 1960 - 1965 by Tom …

… Bellington Mampe was a Poqo activist, He died in hospital while in custody.Mr …

… to go underground.  The PAC then formed its armed wing, Poqo in 1961. Poqo began organizing a rebellion against white minority rule …

… with the late John Nyathi Pokela , was tasked to establish Poqo , the forerunner to the Azanian People’s Liberation Army … plan for attacking the regime, in what was to become the ’Poqo attacks’ in the Eastern Cape. The British Protectorate …

… in Robben Island for the activities of PAC armed wing Poqo (later APLA) in Eastern Cape in 1963. While in prison …

… Development Programme. In 1968, she was recruited into the Poqo , and later the Azania People’s Liberation Army (APLA) …

… in the Transkei, are attacked by a gang of about sixty Poqo member …

… Calling a press conference, he announced that  Poqo terrorist attacks were linked with PAC plans for a …

… uncle, Joseph Masinga, who went into exile in 1963 to join Poqo , the PAC military wing. The Security Police would raid …

… instance in the early 1960s he defended accused members of Poqo, the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) …