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ArticleSilverton Siege
… escape, they took refuge in a branch of Volkskas Bank in Silverton, Pretoria. They held 25 civilians in the bank … and many others were wounded in the…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests … the three men’s death sentences. ANC’s Reactions to the Siege The…
ArticleSilverton Siege 1980
… Silverton Siege 1980 …
Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
… consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege … Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege …
”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 27 November, 1980.
… ”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 27 November, 1980. …
”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 21 November, 1980.
… ”Silverton Siege”, Pretoria News. 21 November, 1980. …
”Silverton Siege: ‘bank not target’”, Pretoria News. 18 April, 1991
… ”Silverton Siege: ‘bank not target’”, Pretoria News. 18 April, 1991 …
ArticleSilverton 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:…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… of MK guerillas, shot by apartheid police during the 1980 siege of Silverton ; of militant youths carrying coffins draped in the …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… mounted a series of attacks inside South Africa. The Silverton Siege occurred in January 1980, during an attack carried out … and Wonderboom were charged in…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
… At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men, Noimbithi … six others were given prison sentences. The Soekmekaar and…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… for his role in an attack in Johannesburg in 1977 and the Silverton Trio, killed by a police sniper during a siege of the Volkskas Bank in Pretoria. Youth…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… and Naphtali Manana are later arrested. 25 January, The Silverton siege takes place. MK combatants are intercepted en route to a mission and take refuge in a…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… targets were selected in Johannesburg and Soweto. The Silverton Siege in January 1980 was carried out by MK cadres who came …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank after realising they were … two civilians. This incident becomes…
ArticleAfrican 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 … two civilians. This incident becomes…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… was an attack directed against civilians - the `Silverton Siege' in January 1980, in which three MK combatants took … The vulnerability of the three…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… January, In January three guerrillas were shot dead in a siege at the Volkskas bank in Pretoria. Two hostages were … 25 January, A bank and twenty-five…
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… forces led by Michael Manley in Jamaica and has laid siege to Nicaragua. At the same time, it is actively involved … who died in the front line, such as…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… forces led by Michael Manley in Jamaica and has laid siege to Nicaragua. At the same time, it is actively involved … who died in the front line, such as…