The People’s Army, MK G-5 Unit Attack on Booysens Police Station
“Our Battle Cry is and will continue to be VICTORY OR DEATH WE SHALL WIN!” – ANC President O.R. Tambo
On 4 April 1980, the golden Ford Valiant that was used in the attack of the Booysens Police Station in the early hours of the morning, was found abandoned in the Zone 3, Diepkloof, in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, and the guerrillas had managed to return safely to their base. Their base was a disused gold mine, which enabled them to get more than ten metres underground.
“These dugouts served as their house and headquarters from which they planned and executed their operations. It was from this hole that in a disciplined and organised manner they took turns conducting reconnaissance and acquiring food. Nobody left the base without reason. Every movement was purposeful and timed” (Dawn, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 1988).
It all began late on the evening of 3 April 1980, in Diepkloof, Soweto, when Anthony Tsotsobe and Petros Linda Jabane entered a Ford Valiant belonging to Derrick Ndlovu, who had agreed to give them a lift. When they were inside the car, Tsotsobe pulled out a pistol and demanded Ndlovu to hand over the keys. After obliging to the demand, Tsotsobe paid Ndlovu R10.00 and indicated to him that they were borrowing the car, which he was to get back the following morning. The two then ordered the other passengers in the vehicle to disembark. With Jabane driving, they then took the ve
