Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned

Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe, brother of President Lennox Sebe, was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment after being found guilty of incitement to public violence. He was charged with being leader of an underground organisation, Iliso Lomzi, bent on destabilising the Ciskei government.

On 26 September 1985, a group of White men raided the Maximum Security Prison in Middledrift and freed Charles Sebe.

How we know this

01Justice TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION AMNESTY COMMITTEE [online] Available at: www.justice.gov.za [Accessed on 14 June 2013]
02Government Information The Former South African Government and its Security Force [online] Available at: www.info.gov.za [Accessed on 14 June 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012553

South African History Online (2011) 'Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012553 (Accessed: 9 November 2026).

South African History Online, Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012553, (accessed 9 November 2026).

"Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012553. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Former commander of the armed forces of the Ciskei, Major-General Charles Sebe is imprisoned." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012553.