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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Decision

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

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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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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 ...

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Amnesty Hearing, East London, Day 5 (03 April 1998)

But it is not, but that is the closest thing I can refer you to. So, right, two weeks before that, we were all at the Bahai Centre, all of us from you know, Bahai's from King William's Town, East London, I think even Cradock, there were a whole lot of people who were there.

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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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Amnesty Hearing, Port Elizabeth, Day 2 (30 September 1997)

ADV BOOYENS: Cradock is also in the Eastern Cape, although

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Amnesty Hearing, East London, Day 3 (25 March 1999)

... murder by one bullet, with respect, or murder by a prolonged or sustained assault is another thing. We've heard evidence in other hearings, in the Cradock matter, where people were over a period of time tortured. I'm not saying Mr Smit was tortured to that extent, but there are degrees of ...

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Decision (28 July 1998)

c) the unlawful possession of explosives during the period July 1993 to 13 September 1993, which explosives are described in the Regional Court, Cradock, charge sheet under case number 4/1971/93.

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 1 (08 June 1998)

... of whites by AZAPO and UDF on the other hand felt that the white people might be of help in the struggle but this then spread because of the Cradock 4 who disappeared. There were now accusations that the, the conflict started just there until the conflict spread to Gauteng in early ...

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Lusikisiki, Day 3 (26 March 1997)

We have been having hearings in the cities, even the Cradock which we called a rural hearing was in a city, it is the first time that we have come into close contact with the living conditions of the majority of our people.

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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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