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List of Apartheid South African assassinations

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List of South African assassinations refers to a list of alleged and confirmed assassinations, reported to have been conducted by the Apartheid regime.

List

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Target Position Date City Country
Vuyisile Mini[1] Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 6 November 1964 Pretoria  South Africa
Frederick John Harris[2] African Resistance Movement activist 1 April 1965
Mthuli ka Shezi[3] Black People's Convention activist 1972 Germiston
Steve Biko[4] Black Consciousness activist 12 September 1977 Pretoria
Rick Turner[5] Durban Moment activist 8 January 1978 Durban
Clemens Kapuuo[6] SWANU activist 27 March 1978 Katutura South Africa South West Africa
Solomon Mahlangu[7] Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 6 April 1979 Pretoria  South Africa
David Sibeko[8] Pan Africanist Congress activist 12 June 1979 Dar es Salaam  Tanzania
Joe Gqabi[9] ANC activist 31 July 1981 Salisbury (now Harare)  Zimbabwe
Griffiths Mxenge[10] ANC activist 19 November 1981 Umlazi  South Africa
Neil Aggett[11] Fosatu activist 5 February 1982 Johannesburg
Ruth First[12] 17 August 1982 Maputo  Mozambique
Jeanette Schoon ANC activist 28 June 1984 Lubango  Angola
Vernon Nkadimeng[13] 21 May 1985 Gaborone  Botswana
Thamsanga Mnyele[14] 14 June 1985
Victoria Mxenge[15] 1 August 1985 Umlazi  South Africa
Benjamin Moloise[16] 18 October 1985 Pretoria
Andrew Zondo[17] Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 29 December 1985
Immanuel Shifidi[18] SWAPO activist 30 November 1986 Windhoek South Africa South West Africa
Dulcie September[19] ANC activist 29 March 1988 Paris  France
David Webster[20] UDF activist 1 May 1989 Johannesburg  South Africa
Anton Lubowski[21] SWAPO activist 12 September 1989 Windhoek South Africa South West Africa

References

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  1. ^ "Vuyisile Mini". South African History Online.
  2. ^ "Frederick John Harris". South African History Online.
  3. ^ "Mthuli ka Shezi". South African History Online.
  4. ^ "Stephen Bantu Biko". South African History Online.
  5. ^ "Political assassinations 1974 - 1994". South African History Online.
  6. ^ "Kapuuo's Assassins Still Not Made Known after 29 Years". New Era.
  7. ^ "Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu". South African History Online.
  8. ^ "David Maphgumzana Sibeko". South African History Online.
  9. ^ Badat, Saleem (2013). The Forgotten People: Political Banishment under Apartheid. BRILL. p. 24. ISBN 9789004247710.
  10. ^ "Griffiths Mxenge is murdered". South African History Online.
  11. ^ McRae, Donald (22 November 2013). "South African trade unionist's alleged torturer faces private prosecution". The Guardian.
  12. ^ "Ruth First timeline 1925 - 2012". South African History Online.
  13. ^ "A car bomb kills exile Vernon Nkadimeng in Gaborone, Botswana". South African History Online.
  14. ^ "Thamsanqa "Thami" Mnyele". South African History Online.
  15. ^ "Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge". South African History Online.
  16. ^ "PRETORIA HANGS A BLACK ACTIVIST". The New York Times. 19 October 1985.
  17. ^ "Andrew Zondo is executed". South African History Online.
  18. ^ War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa. Google-kirjat. 1989. ISBN 9780864861153.
  19. ^ "Dulcie September". South African History Online.
  20. ^ "David Joseph Webster". South African History Online.
  21. ^ "Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski". South African History Online.