ANC attack on Booysens Police Station

Date: 4 Apr 1980
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

African National Congress (ANC) insurgents launched a rifle, rocket and grenade attack on Booysens Police Station Johannesburg. Pamphlets were scattered demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. In 2000, the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) granted amnesty for the attack to Siphiwe Nyanda, Solly Zacharia Shoke and Malekolle Johannes Rasegatla, all members of the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
02The Doj & Cd,"Truth and Reconsilation Commision Amnesty Committe"From: The Doj & Cd,available at: www.justice.gov.za,[Accessed at: 03 April 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). ANC attack on Booysens Police Station. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012414

South African History Online (2011) 'ANC attack on Booysens Police Station', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012414 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).

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South African History Online. "ANC attack on Booysens Police Station." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012414.