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LANGA, Benjamin

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An ANC activist who was shot dead by MK operatives at his home in Pietermaritzburg on 20 May 1984. The instruction for the killing had come from a senior operative in MK’s Swaziland structures who believed Mr Langa to be a police informer. This turned out to be misinformation possibly planted by a state agent. One MK operative was granted amnesty (AC/2000/157).

... LANDE, Nkosana LANDINGWE, Danile Julius LANDINGWE, Lilly Wikha LANDINGWE, Mandla Patrick LANDMAN, Annamaria LANDU, Vusumzi Khotso Patrick LANGA, Amon LANGA, Babini LANGA, Bester LANGA, Bongani LANGA, Bongani Selby LANGA, Christine Shirley LANGA, Diphapang Marcus Mareka LANGA, Gilbert ...
... Nontana MADOLO, Pasika MADONDA, Crescentia Zamisile MADONDA, Nomthandazo Mirriam MADONDA, Thombile Gretha MADONDO, Antony Ndabingehlele MADONDO, Dlangamandla Dumisani MADONDO, Gibson Petros MADONDO, Gobo William MADONDO, Johannes MADONDO, Lindela Phillip MADONDO, Mandla Wellington MADONDO, ...
... killing [AC/2000/019]. 98. MK operative Joel George Martins [AM6450/97; AC/2000/157] testified about how he assassinated ANC supporter Benjamin Langa in Pietmaritzburg on 20 May 1984. Langa, a member of a politically active family, was a local activist known to Martins. His brothe r, Mr ...
26 February 1985, the Pietermaritzburg court sentenced MK members Clarence Lucky Payi [EC0855/96STK] and Sipho Xulu to death for killing Mr Benjamin Langa. Payi and Xulu claimed that they had been led to believe that Ben Langa, an active ANC member, was a police informer and killed him on ...
UDF–Peacemaker clashes: Uitenhage, 1985–86 233 Uitenhage and its townships, KwaNobuhle and Langa, are a short distance from Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage is an important centre for the motor industry in South Africa, and the unions that organised in this sector had a strong influence on the ...
... Favourite Tholani NGIDI, Fikelephi Mahadebe NGIDI, Gladys NGIDI, Gomengani Cynthia NGIDI, Gundu NGIDI, Hambeleni Tuleleni NGIDI, Hilda NGIDI, Hlanganisile NGIDI, Israel M NGIDI, Jabulani NGIDI, Jabulile Petronela NGIDI, Jabulisile NGIDI, Kathleen Thendekile NGIDI, Khethiwe Joyce NGIDI, ...
... 34 Mr Clarence Lucky Payi [KZN/NG/012/FS; EC0855/96STK] and Mr Sipho Brigitte Xulu [KZN/NG/012/FS] were executed for the killing of Mr Benjamin Langa on 9 September 1986. An amnesty application by co-perpetrator Mr Joel George Martins [AM6450/97] indicates that they were acting on the ...
... 82 A student boycott at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in early August 1976 developed into protest activities with mass disturbances in Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu. On 11 August, according to the Cillie Commission Report, twenty-one people were killed during street protest activities. ...
BARNARDO, Christiaan BARNES, Leslie Alfred BARON, Roseline BARROW, Bradley BARTLETT, Mogamat Nurudien BARTON, James Allan Petros BAS, Samuel BASA, Mhlangabezi BASE, Charlie BASE, Shoni BASE, Vanish BASHE, Monwabisi Livingstone BASI, Khanyisile BASI, Mdedelwa BASI, Michael Mandlenkosi BASI, ...
... Cape must move to Khayelitsha. Eighteen are killed and 200 are injured in clashes with the police. Police open fire on a march to a funeral at Langa near Uitenhage on 21 March, killing at least twenty-one people. This is preceded by an authorisation to use buckshot and birdshot. Councillor ...
there, he was taken regularly to security police headquarters for interrogation. The two district surgeons responsible for his medical care were Drs Benjamin Tucker and Ivor Lang. On 7 September 1977, Stephen Biko sustained a head injury during interrogation, after which he acted strangely and ...
 
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