‘Go safely Umkhonto Umkhonto we Sizwe We the members of the Umkhonto have pledged ourselves to kill them — kill the whites” These are lyrics from the anthem of Umkhonto we Sizwe, or “Spear of the Nation” The organization is better known as the MK, the military wing of the Marxist African National Congress (ANC) The MK was established by its commander, Nelson Mandela, to prosecute a terrorist war against South Africa‘s racist apartheid regime