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Gaborone car bomb

Explanation
A car bomb exploded in Gaborone, Botswana, on 22 April 1987, killing a woman, her daughter and an infant niece, injuring another family member and causing extensive damage to property. The operation, targeting senior members of MK's Special Operations Unit, was undertaken jointly by the Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches and SADF Special Forces. The head of the Security Branch and four Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty for this operation.

Chair: Thabang Makwetla, followed by Thenjiwe Mthintso Political representative: Wally Serote Military representative: Lambert Moloi - Also Rogers Nkadimeng (killed in a car bomb in Gaborone, 1985)
      They both apply for amnesty for the killing of Roger Nkadimeng (The Deceased), an MK member operating in Botswana in a car bomb explosion in Gaborone on 14 May 1985.
 
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