The Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO), was an educational institution established by the exiled African National Congress (ANC) in 1978 at Mazimbu, Tanzania.

It provided primary and secondary education to students who had fled South Africa after the 1976 Soweto uprising or who were the children of existing exiles.

It taught both academic and vocational subjects, unlike the Bantu education system that hosted black students in South Africa.

[1]: 11  The school was named after Solomon Mahlangu, a member of the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and an exile of the 1976 Soweto uprising.

[3]: 19  Work started in July 1977, built by Tanzanian labourers and supervised by the ANC, while education began under trees or in the existing farm buildings.

Dennis and Hazel September took over the management of the primary school and the style of teaching changed to a more conventional one of grade and performance measures.

[3]: 30  Teachers were eventually recruited from Europe – including from the United Kingdom, Nordic countries, the Netherlands and GDR – and later from Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania.

[2]: 292  The secondary school consisted of six forms or grades and classes took place from Monday to Friday with a uniform worn though not strictly enforced.

[7]: 939  Other donations for the work came from the German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, United Nations Development Programme, World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity organisations, and individuals.

[2]: 290 On its closure on 9 September 1992, the educational complex consisted of a pre-primary, primary and secondary school, the farm, furniture factory and other support units.