DLADLA, Thokozani Nicholas

Age 18

Description
A member of COSAS who lost his fingers when a booby-trapped grenade exploded in his hand in Duduza, Nigel, Transvaal, on 25 June 1985. He was one of seven activists in the area recruited for supposed guerrilla training by Vlakplaas operatives and then killed or injured in the incident. Fifteen Security Branch operatives, including the head of the Security Branch and other senior personnel, were granted amnesty for the operation (AC/2001/058). See Operation Zero Zero.