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Special Report Transcript Episode 38, Section 5, Time 12:50In October last year we told you the story of six East Rand COSAS activists who blew themselves up with booby trapped hand grenades supplied by Joe Mamasela. That led to the harrowing necklacing of Maki Skosana after their funeral. The Truth Commission hearing in Duduza paid tribute to Skosana last year as an innocent victim. But this week the single survivor of the hand grenade incident told the Amnesty Committee that it was Maki Skosana who introduced him to Joe Mamasela. Notes: Max du Preez References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims GlossaryEight young activists were killed and at least seven were injured in explosions involving booby-trapped hand grenades in Duduza, KwaThema and Tsakane, Tvl, on 26 June 1985. The zero-timed grenades had been provided by a Vlakplaas operative purporting to be an MK operative. The operation, codenamed ... |