EDWABA, Bonginkosi Samuel

Age 17

Description
Was one of ten youths from Mamelodi, Transvaal, who were recruited during the state of emergency by a named askari, ostensibly for ANC military training in Botswana. Near Nietverdiend, the youths were forcibly injected with a chemical substance thought to be a sedative. They burnt to death when the vehicle they were in was deliberately crashed and exploded during June 1986. All ten were killed when the vehicle caught alight. Eight operatives from the SADF Special Forces and Northern and Western Transvaal Security Branches were granted amnesty for the operation. See Nietverdiend ambush.