On 26 December 1987, Mncube and one of his comrades, “Peter”, decided to flee, while the helicopter machine gun fire pursued them. After the helicopter ceased the pursuit, Mncube informed Peter to run away while he ran the other way, so that one of them could get back to Zimbabwe. The pursuit by the Army unit continued for Mncube and Peter, and where the "spoor" began to split, the Unit decided to pursue one of them.
While Mncube was completely exhausted from the running, he decided to take cover and rest at a position about two kilometres from the large rocks, as he could not see any ground forces pursuing him. Unfortunately, he was mistaken, as the helicopter had picked up his trail and followed him.
At around 17:00, the ground forces caught up with him and he was ordered to take off all his clothes, except his underpants. He was then forced to march back to the initial contact point by the rocks, where he was handed over to the apartheid Army’s 902 Special Service Company Reaction Unit Commander, Major Oosthuizen.
Mncube was then blindfolded and led for a short distance, where the blindfold was removed to allow him to see the corpses of three of his Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) comrades. He was then asked to identify them and he did. At around 19:00, three men arrived in civilian clothes in a white bakkie, carrying pistols as they disembarked.
Mncube was blindfolded again and shoved into the white bakkie, knocking his head against the floor. The bodies of his t
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