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Interviews with members of this group about a set of holiday attacks open the seventh chapter of a book about them by Paul Landau. A commander of this group, who with Denis (10[1])Goldberg set up its first training camp in the town of Mamre, was the first to die while detained under the so-called 90-Day Act. During a military campaign in the Wankie (10[1])Game Reserve, (10[1])this group joined forces with ZIPRA. Along with the APLA, this group was integrated into the SANDF (“sand-F”). This group was officially formed in protest (10[1])of the Day of the Vow, (10[1])a holiday (-5[1])that commemorated an 1838 victory by Andries (“AHN-dreess”) Pretorius. In response to Ruth First’s assassination, (10[1])this group (10[1]-5[1])committed the Church Street bombing. (10[3]-5[2])This group, formed after the Sharpeville Massacre, (10[4])had most of its leadership (10[1])imprisoned in the Rivonia (10[1])Trial. (10[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, name this paramilitary wing of the (10[1])ANC. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Spear of the Nation [or uMkhonto weSizwe; or uWs; accept MK; prompt on ANC or African National Congress until read; prompt on uMkhonto] (Paul Landau’s book is Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries. The second sentence refers to Looksmart Ngudle. The 1838 battle was the Battle of Blood River.)
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