MK Natal Urban Machinery Operatives Betrayed
On 31 January 1980, Grant Shezi and Jeremia Radebe of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Natal Urban Machinery approached Inanda Seminary, north of Durban, for a meeting with the contact person that the Commander of the Machinery, Zweli Nyanda, referred to in their briefing in Matola, Mozambique.
During the meeting, on 14 January 1980, Nyanda informed Shezi and Radebe that upon their entry into South Africa they were not to touch the Dead Letter Boxes (DLBs) of buried weapons and explosives until they had contacted their link man at the Inanda Seminary, near Durban. Their mission was to conduct demolition operations in the area, and they had to determine the appropriate dates after making sure that the weapons and explosives were thoroughly checked and verified on a weekly basis. They were also expected to await further instructions from their contact in Durban.
Before Shezi and Radebe left Matola, Nyanda gave them R140 and R160 respectively, and conveyed to them a final message that they were to go to Umbumbulu and St Wendolins, in Marianhill, to explore those areas for possibilities of bushes and forests near important urban centres. On 23 January 1980, Shezi and Radebe left Matola in a green Volkswagen being driven by a so-called Coloured person with the name of Edward Lawrence (aka “Fear”, “Leonard” or “Ralph” – real name Cyril Raymonds). Lawrence took them to the border of Mozambique and Swaziland, where they th
