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SHABANGU, Mr (first name not given)

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He had his petrol station at Tweefontein, Kwandabele, damaged during June 1986, when a covert unit of the Northern Transvaal Security Branch attacked it using rocket launchers, an explosive device and machine-gun fire. Mr Shabangu allegedly provided assistance to MK operatives. Two members of a SAP Special Investigation Unit and three Northern Transvaal Security Branch operatives were granted amnesty (AC/2001/105; AC/2001/27).

But once the comrades left the relative safety of the hills the realities of the deepening political conflict of the time closed in around them. Kabasa’s terror often came in the dark. // Round about half past two in the morning we were awaken by a huge sound, a huge bang, and when I woke up with ...
Although the comrades were no match for the gang, retaliation was on the cards. // I think the community realised that this was only a few people. At least if we faced the police then it’s better than facing many people who are coming from different sides. They decided this people should go, and ...
... to get those gents then it happened that we tried to combine all the gents, because there were many places there was Two-sticks, Ndofire, Jamaica, Shabangu Mnyane, those from Fire all those things. I’ll say we’d all meet when playing soccer between different teams, eventually to combine ...
 
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