Cradock Four

Explanation
Four Eastern Cape UDF activists were abducted and assassinated by members of the security police on 27 June 1985 as they drove back to Cradock from a meeting in Port Elizabeth. The four were Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto and Fort Calata from Cradock, and Sicelo Mhlauli from Oudtshoorn. Before their deaths, all had been frequently detained, tortured and harassed by the police. Their deaths sparked a national outcry and resulted in street protests in many regions across the country.

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Amnesty Hearing, Ermelo, Day 6 (27 July 1998)

People from this area can go to Port Elizabeth and say I don't care if my matter is irrelevant to this hearing, but those people who died in the Cradock 4 incident, in that hearing I want to tell you what happened in Ermelo. Can it really be that way?

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Amnesty Hearing, Cape Town

MR VISSER: The security branch offices from where the security activities were done, one was in Grahamstown, one in Uitenhage, one in Cradock, one in Fort Beaufort and then there was branch office at Port Elizabeth, but the provincial office was also in Port Elizabeth.

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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 4 (25 June 1998)

MR MJIKWA: I got it from Cradock, I was with some comrades, comrade Harare if I'm not mistaken, was present. Yes, he was there, but I don't remember the others, I think there were four of us when we went to fetch the firearm. Even then I was expecting to get more firearms, but unfortunately I ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Grahamstown, Day 1 (07 April 1997)

MR E G MENZI: No, I was just a member of this Cradock organisation.

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 2 (21 April 1998)

Some of them were accused of the murder of the CRADOCK 4, then it spread until it reached Transvaal. In my area in particular it was not rife. So what has happened, in the area like Dlamini in Soweto and Zola and Mundene, Naledi, those were the areas which were affected mainly. As members of ...

/documents/amntrans/johannesburg/54729.htm

Human Rights Violation Hearing, Karoo, Day 1 (07 October 1996)

to go home. When I arrived at home on that day, there were many policemen in the township. When I got there - there were my sisters children from Cradock who were staying with ...

/documents/hrvtrans/karoo/55368.htm

Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (19 January 1999)

MR NYOKA: You found out that the deceased unfortunately was helping the ANC about the Cradock 4, what did you feel about that at the time, after discovering that the victim was actually your ally?

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Decision

The incident that has become known as the abduction and murder of the Pebco Three near Cradock in 1985.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, East London, Day 4 (18 April 1996)

... who did this in a spirit of forgiveness that she should forgive him and that he should forgive her. Extraordinary. And then the people from Cradock saying now something like a heavy burden has been removed from them. ...

/documents/hrvtrans/east_london/55196.htm

Submission (01 August 1996)

... "death signal" dated 07/06/85 sent to the SSC from the head of the Eastern Cape JMC, "Joffel" van der Westhuizen, recommending the murders of the "Cradock Four" - Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo ...

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Special Hearing, Cape Town (23 July 1997)

... the Monday morning. I went to Cape Town where I stayed while deciding how best toproceed. I left for Johannesburg going via Knysna, Port Elizabeth,Cradock before joining up with a young hitchhiker who had justbeen released from jail for car theft when I reached Colesburg. In Johannesburg it ...

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