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Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege

... archive consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege (Silverton Siege 1980) ...

Article - tinashe - 2012-05-04 08:45 - 0 attachments

Silverton Siege 1980

On 25 January 1980 three MK Cadres – Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela ... escape, they took refuge in a branch of Volkskas Bank in Silverton, Pretoria. They held 25 civilians in the bank hostage, making a ...

Article - tinashe - 2011-12-13 08:34 - 0 attachments

Liberation history Timeline 1980-1989

... way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were being tailed by the ... civilians. This incident becomes known as the Silverton Siege . 31 January, The Swiss government lodges an official protest with ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-10 10:39 - 0 attachments

African National Congress Timeline 1980-1989

... way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were being tailed by the ... civilians. This incident becomes known as the Silverton Siege . 21 February, South Africa warns Mozambique it will not hesitate to ...

Article - jonas - 2012-05-04 13:58 - 0 attachments

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990

... Naphtali Manana are later arrested. 25 January, The Silverton siege takes place. MK combatants are intercepted en route to a mission and ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-05-04 12:53 - 0 attachments

1980s

... January, In January three guerrillas were shot dead in a siege at the Volkskas bank in Pretoria. Two hostages were killed and 9 hostages ... 25 January, A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized at Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ...

Article - Anonymous - 2012-04-04 15:46 - 0 attachments

Silverton and Soekmekaar trial

... most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, the Silverton and Soekmekaar trial. The charges brought against the accused were in connection with: the Silverton Bank Siege; alleged plans to attack the Port Natal Administration Board; and an ...

Article - tinashe - 2011-07-20 14:01 - 0 attachments