Chris Hani’s Address and MK Confrontation in the Western Cape
On 7 July 1990, at approximately 01:20 in the morning, “Wiseman” was driving a light blue Toyota Corolla from Khayelitsha to Nyanga East, in Cape Town, with a group of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres, including “Lincoln” in the passenger seat, as well as Fumanekile Booi (aka “Edgar”) and “Mabuya” in the back seats. When they entered Nyanga East approaching a stadium, they noticed a parked police riot patrol van, with its lights off.
As the Corolla reached a T-junction further on, the police vehicle’s headlights were turned on and it began following them. In the police vehicle were three police officers, Sergeant Nicholas Johannes Els, and Constables George Beeselaar and Gavid David Moyes. When the vehicle was alongside the Corolla, Sergeant Els indicated to them with his torch to get off the road, as the police van moved to overtake. Booi, in response, ordered Wiseman to stop the car, as the van stopped slightly across the front of the Corolla, blocking it from escaping.
Sergeant Els got out of the van with a pistol in his right hand, clad in a camouflage uniform and a second policeman followed carrying a sub machine gun. When Booi saw this, he concluded that they were being ambushed by ‘askaris’, and he decided to shoot. Booi opened his window and immediately opened fire with his Makarov pistol, hitting Els in the chest, killing him instantly. While Constables Beeselaar and Moyes wer
