MKHONTO, Sparrow

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Was one of the `Cradock Four` abducted by the Eastern Cape Security Branch on 27 June 1985 while travelling to Cradock. Mkhonto was a UDF activist. He was shot and 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 knowledge of the incident (AC/1999/0350).

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Transcript of episode 1, section 4, starting at: 17:25

On the 27th of June 1985 he left for Port Elizabeth in the company of his friends: Fort Calata, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkhonto and that was the last time we saw them. They were due back on the same night and when they did not come back we knew that something serious had happened. Early in the ...

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Transcript of episode 1, section 4, starting at: 16:17

... Col. Niewoudt’s name was also linked to another well-known Eastern Cape murder mystery: the Cradock Four. Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli were the leaders of the Cradock ratepayers’ association, like PEBCO an affiliate of the UDF, and therefore targets of ...

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