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LUBOWSKI, Anton

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An advocate and SWAPO secretary-general, Lubowski was shot dead outside his home in Windhoek on 12 September 1989. Judge Levy of the Namibian Supreme Court named Irish mercenary Donald Acheson as the assassin and, as accomplices, CCB members Joe Verster, Staal Burger, Abraham ‘Slang’ van Zyl, Calla Botha, Leon ‘Chappies’ Maree, Johan Niemoller jr, Captain Wouter Basson (aka Christo Britz), Ferdi Barnard, and Charles Wildschudt (formerly Neelse).

... that the CCB was set up as a covert grouping with the purpose, among others, of killing political opponents. So, too, is the fact that prior to Lubowski’s killing, such opponents were subject to extensive ‘target identification’ or intelligence-gathering operations. It has been ...
found in northern Namibia with a Special Forces’ golf membership card in it. It was not surprising to see [people] roaming the blocks around Anton Lubowski’s house and still the confusion today about who shot him. Because it could have been anybody from any of these other regions. I was in ...
still a third category – “international criminals … people who were usable for the type of work that was planned”25. Donald Acheson (see the Lubowski case above), Peaches Gordon and Isgak Hardien, internal region 6 unaware operatives, were perhaps some of those he had in mind. 403 ...
■ FAMILIES Disruptions to Family Life 73 In 1984, Mr Anton Lubowski became a publicly declared member of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO). This marked the beginning of a road that led to tragedy, pain and suffering, not only for him but also for his wife, his children ...
... Toto Dweba (Eshowe, Natal, 20 August 1985); Ms Dulcie September (France, 29 March 1988); Dr David Webster ( Johannesburg, 1 May 1989), and Dr Anton Lubowski (Namibia, 12 September 1989 ) . 68. No applications were received for the attempted killings of Mr Godfrey Motsepe (Belgium, 2 February 1988 ...
... of this incident for Sethwale’s mother, see chapter on Reconciliation in Volume Five. 12 One of the junior counsel in the trial, Anton Lubowski, was assassinated in Namibia in 1989 by members of the Civil Co-operation Bureau. 13 In the early 1990s those sentenced were released as ...
Pre-election events in 1989 and the assassination of Anton Lubowski 126 The New York Accords signed on 22 December 1988 set in motion the implementation of UN Resolution 435 adopted ten years earlier. Actual implementation by a United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG) was set to ...
... A massive ‘Peace March’, protesting against police repression, is permitted to go ahead in Cape Town on 13 September. Anton Lubowski, a SWAPO activist and lawyer, is shot dead in Windhoek in September. FW de Klerk becomes State President on 20 September after the ...
organisations were responsible for these acts. The mandate was extended to include an investigation into and report on the allegation that one Anton Lubowski was a paid agent of the SADF: Military Intelligence Section. Date of Report: September 1990 Chair: HARMS, L.T.C. Ref: RP 108-90 (A); RP ...
 
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