Operation Vula: The Post-Mortem

Operation Vula: The Post-Mortem On Tuesday, 21 August 1990, Colonel Johannes Steyn and Lieutenant Colonel Hendrik J.P. ‘Hentie’ Botha, of the Natal Security Branch intelligence unit, reported to the apartheid…

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Buthelezi Mobilisation of IFP Supporters in Thokoza

Buthelezi Mobilisation of IFP Supporters in Thokoza On 11 August 1993, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi was addressing a crowd of approximately 2 500 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters in Thokoza,…

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Operation Vula Exposed – Part 3: The Pretoria Minute

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 3: The Pretoria Minute On the night of 6 August 1990, at approximately 23:00, apartheid President F.W. De Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader…

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Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 2 On 29 July 1990, after African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela had studied the documents that he received from the leader of the…

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The Arrest of the Valiant MK-SDU Combatant Mzwandile Gushu in Ermelo

The Arrest of the Valiant MK-SDU Combatant Mzwandile Gushu in Ermelo On 17 July 1992, Hollingwood Mzwandile Gushu was arrested in hospital while he was receiving treatment for his wounds…

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Operation Vula Exposed – Part 1

Operation Vula Exposed – Part 1 On 12 July 1990, Siphiwe Nyanda (aka "Gebhuza") and Raymond Lalla (aka "Brazzo") met at No. 48, the Knoll, in Durban’s Kenville suburb, where…

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Chris Hani’s Address and MK Confrontation in the Western Cape

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…

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MK Cadres Granted Amnesty for Dissident Phungulwa’s Death

MK Cadres Granted Amnesty for Dissident Phungulwa’s Death On 27 June 1990, Luzipho Dyasophu (aka “Chauke”) and some of his fellow former African National Congress (ANC) Camp 32 Rehabilitation Centre…

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