Special Report Transcript Episode 15, Section 3, Time 10:39

Lunchtime January 25, 1980. Three Umkhonto we Sizwe storm into the Silverton branch of Volkskas bank, but it wasn’t a robbery. It is one of MK’s strangest operations. They kept 25 people hostage for six hours.

Notes: Max du Preez

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Silverton bank siege

On 25 January 1980, MK operatives held people hostage in a raid on a bank in Silverton, Pretoria. In a shoot-out with the police, three operatives and two civilians were killed.

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Umkhonto we Sizwe

(Xhosa: 'Spear of the Nation') the military wing of the ANC

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