RAS, Jacob Johannes

Age 37

Description
A sergeant-major in the South African Air Force (SAAF), was killed when MK operatives detonated an explosive in a car outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, on 20 May 1983. Twenty-one people were killed and 217 injured. The overall commander of MK’s Special Operations Unit and two MK operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/003 and AC/2001/023). See Church Street bombing, Pretoria.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Transcript of episode 62, section 2, starting at: 01:43

Christopher Nangalembe was an ANC Youth League member and organizer of the civil protection unit in Sebokeng’s notorious Zone 7. On the 5th of January 1991 he was abducted and murdered. At the Truth Commission hearings this week Mandla Nangalembe identified his brother’s kidnappers as members ...

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Transcript of episode 15, section 3, starting at: 15:00

On Friday, the 20th of May 1983 a car bomb exploded in front of Air Force Headquarters in central Pretoria. It was a devastating blast. 19 People died and 40 were injured. The ANC claimed responsibility. Shortly before, they had warned the South African government to remove military installations ...

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Transcript of episode 14, section 2, starting at: 01:43

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