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GONIWE, Matthew

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A UDF activist who was one of the Cradock Four abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch while travelling to Cradock, on 27 June 1985. He was stabbed near Port Elizabeth, after which his body was burnt. Six Eastern Cape Security Branch operatives, including the divisional commander, were refused amnesty for the killings. The commander of Vlakplaas was granted amnesty for his knowledge of the incident (AC/1999/0350).

... was used to mobilise people once again in the spirit of the Congress movement. This was at the time of the formation of the UDF. 278 Mr Matthew Goniwe, the popular principal of the Lingelihle Secondary School, and his nephew Mr Mbulelo Goniwe were approached by Mr Arnold Stofile, an ANC ...
... Mninawa Richard GOMBA, Wellington GOMBI, Nokuzola GOMFA, Agha Ernest GONGO, Sylvia Nocawe GONGWANE, Ntombizanele Mavis GONGXEKA, Sydney Zwelakhe GONIWE, Danile Thomas GONIWE, Fumanekile GONIWE, Mabotshelelo Paul GONIWE, Matthew GONIWE, Matthew GONTSHI, Nkosinathi Alfred GOPANE, Caroline GOQO, ...
The Cradock Four 245 Some six weeks after the abduction and murder of the PEBCO Three, UDF activists Mr Matthew Goniwe [EC0080/96NWC], Mr Sparrow Mkhonto [EC0029/ 96NWC], Mr Fort Calata [EC0028/96NWC] and Mr Sicelo Mhlawuli [EC0079/96NWC] were abducted and killed outside Port Elizabeth on 27 ...
... of both political opponents and dissidents within their own ranks. 295 The UDF activists known as the ‘Cradock Four’ were Mr Matthew Goniwe [EC0080/ 96NWC], Mr Sparrow Mkonto [EC0029/96NWC] and Mr Fort Calata [EC0028/ 96NWC], and Oudtshoorn activist Mr Sicelo Mhlauli ...
... been arrested and harassed, but their own stories did not become the subject of the hearings. Later in the hearings, Dr Liz Floyd and Ms Nyameka Goniwe spoke about the abuses suffered by their partners, Mr Neil Aggett and Mr Matthew Goniwe. They, too, mentioned their own roles and suffering ...
... was shot and killed. As a result, MK cadres based in the Joe Slovo section of Sharpville forcibly disarmed the Germans, who were from the Matthew Goniwe section, and handed Lucky Manete over to the police. Whilst out on bail, he was gunned down in Sharpville’s Rivonia Tavern. This turn of ...
... was widely supported. The community council was forced to resign, and street committees were implemented to ‘govern’ the township. Mr Matthew Goniwe launched the Hofmeyr Youth Congress in 1985. In the 1985–86 period, police admitted that they had “lost control of the township”. A ...
towns around Cradock. Cradock was perceived to be the “epicentre’ of the “revolutionary onslaught”. The organisational efforts of Mr Matthew Goniwe and the UDF were described as follows: It is well known that the enemy started its activities during 1983 in Cradock mainly through ...
dime n g. Inside South A f r i c a : Griffiths Mxenge, Siphiwe Mtimkulu, Topsy Madaka, Qaqawuli Godolozi, S i p h o Hash e, Champion Galela, Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto, Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlawuli, Fabian Ribeiro, Florence Ribeiro. 24 Dikgang Moseneke, Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, Abdullah Omar, ...
... are killed by grenades booby-trapped by the security forces in Operation Zero-Zero at Tsakane in June. The Cradock Four — UDF activists Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto, Sicelo Mhlawuli and Fort Calata — are abducted and murdered by security forces outside Port Elizabeth on 27 June. Their ...
 
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