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NDWANDWE, Phila Portia (aka ‘Zandile’ or ‘Zandi’)Age 23 Description ... weapons, accommodating external operatives and gathering intelligence on possible targets. Two of her brothers were at the ANC headquarters in Lusaka. In May 1987, she was abducted by Vlakplaas askari Jimmy Mbane and taken to Winkelspruit where she died under interrogation by members of the ... ■ EXHUMATIONS (IN ORDER OF DATE OF EXHUMATION)Phila Portia Ndwandwe1 (aka MK Zandile) Age unknown; ANC/MK. Killed in 1988; exhumed 12 March 1997 at Elandskop farm, KwaZulu-Natal. Ms Phila Portia Ndwandwe was allegedly the acting commander of Natal MK activities from Swaziland and was ... NAGI, Poyinda Masokisi NAIDOO, Indris NAIDOO, Phyllis Vasendha Ruth NAIDOO, Sahdhan NAIDOO, Shantharothie NAIDU, Surendra NAIK, Kantilal Chhangalal NAKA, Bafo NAKEDI, Johannes Lefu NAKEDI, Tebogo NAKELE, Bongani NAKO, Mbulelo Boy NAKO, Toto Samuel NAKWA, Golide NAKWA, Kholisile NAKWA, Mzayifani ... ... were associated with the assassination of fairly high-profile activists. These include Messrs Griffiths Mxenge, Siphiwe Mthimkulu and Topsy Madaka, the ‘Pebco Three’ and the ‘Cradock Four’. 109. Thirty-nine out of the total number of eighty abductions were MK or ANC-linked. ... ... seen or heard of since they disappeared from Lesotho in 1988. 368 In July and October 1988, two MK operatives in Swaziland, Mr Emmanuel Mzimela (aka Deon Cele) and Ms Phila Portia Ndwandwe (aka MK Zandile and Zandi) were abducted, taken to South Africa and killed when they refused to ... ... families had suffered other losses of family members during the political conflict, and these exhumations provided some relief.2 1 The case of Phila Portia Ndwandwe 4. The remains of Ms Phila Portia Ndwandwe, an MK operative known as Zandile, were exhumed from Elandskop Farm in KwaZulu-Natal ... ... of the past. The Commission was, through intense investigation, able to uncover the truth in more than fifty cases.8 For example, the body of Ms Phila Portia Ndwandwe (MK alias, Zandile) was exhumed on 12 March 1997. Ms Ndwande was the acting commander of Natal MK activities initiated from ... ... SIX Special Investigation intothe Secret Burial of Activists and Report on Exhumations ■ INTRODUCTION 1 The exhumation of the remains of Ms Phila Portia Ndwandwe took place in KwaZulu-Natal on 12 March 1997. Commissioner Richard Lyster noted that this was one of "the most poignant ... ... perpetuate the myth that a victim who had been killed was still alive. For example, following the killing of Messrs Siphiwe Mthimkhulu and Topsy Madaka, the Port Elizabeth Security Branch abandoned Mr Madaka’s car near the Lesotho border and continued to harass their families to reinforce the ... ... accommodation and gathering intelligence in connection with targets. Both her brother Themba and her sister Sibongile Khubeka were at ANC HQ in Lusaka. 312 According to askari Jimmy Mbane, he and and two other askaris were instructed to infiltrate Ngcobo’s group. The askaris convinced her ... |