Special Report Transcript Episode 15, Section 2, Time 04:23

We prepared ourselves for an onslaught against our people and on the morning of the 9th of October 1980 I heard on SABC news that a group of about 30 black people clad in PAC T-shirts had attacked whites on the Durban beach front. Since we’d already declared war against the National Party and as a result of this attack I as cell leader felt that we should launch a counter attack to prove to the government of the day, and to show to it that the road it was following was full of danger and that incidents of this kind would increase in frequency. Our purpose was also to show to the PAC and its communist allies that attacks of this kind would not be tolerated. When I heard of the attack I immediately contacted Adriaan Smuts and Mr. Eugene Marais and asked them whether they had heard about the attack.

Notes: TRC testimony: Piet Botha

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