MK Western Cape Regional Machinery Arrested
On 21 September 1987, Gary Kruser arrived at Cine 400 in Athlone, Cape Town, where he was supposed to meet with Bongani Jonas of the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Western Cape Regional Machinery. When he arrived, the place was saturated with police vehicles, and he was immediately arrested.
The arrest of Gary Kruser followed several incidents in the Western Cape during that period. Firstly, on the evening of 16 September 1987, Tony Yengeni was driving in Rondebosch with a passenger by the name of “Bonono” next to him. When he reached the courts of the Western Province Tennis Club, which were located next to the University of Cape Town, he stopped the car, as the time was exactly 20:00. He then got out of the vehicle to a nearby phone booth, with an intention to make an urgent phone call. During this time, he was talking to “Bonono”, who had remained in the car.
Meanwhile, two white men came towards Yengeni and Bonono while they were talking, and one pointed a gun at Yengeni’s forehead. This was Jeffrey Benzien, from the apartheid Security Branch, who said, “Tony Yengeni, you’re under arrest”. Shortly afterwards, Captain William Liebenberg and Sergeant Riaan Bellingan arrived at the scene. The second arrest was that of Mzwandile Vena, which occurred in the Lansdowne area the same evening, and the following morning, on 17 September 1987, at around 03:40. After Vena’s arrest, Jenny Schreiner was the third arrested i
