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Transcripts for Section 3 of Episode 15
| Time | Summary | | | 10:39 | Lunchtime January 25, 1980. Three Umkhonto we Sizwe storm into the Silverton branch of Volkskas bank, but it wasn’t a robbery. It is one of MK’s strangest operations. They kept 25 people hostage for six hours. | Full Transcript and References | | 10:58 | One of the hostages was Annamaria Landman, a senior official at the bank. // It took about an hour before we realised it wasn’t a robbery. We had just received money and the safe door was ajar. Somebody said they should take all the money. They said they were not interested in the money. We realised it was a terrorist attack. The manager approached them and they demanded the release of Nelson Mandela. The kombi they arrived in was full of ammunition. They asked that it be returned. He then said, we know we are going to die but you are going to die with us. I asked him why are you doing this. He said my mother works for you for four rand a month. You can go to university and I can’t. So there was some understanding but also unanswered questions. At five to seven the task force entered the bank. The three terrorists were killed … sorry I have been receiving electrical shock treatment and now I can’t remember clearly … Two of the terrorists were immediately shot dead. The ...more | Full Transcript | | 13:35 | In hospital, Annamaria Landman became known as the iron lady. She repressed her emotions to be strong for the benefit of her child and her career. Only recently has she been receiving counseling. // They had to remove bones from my back to put this in my arm. Six inches of bone and my elbow were almost gone. | Full Transcript | | 13:56 | Five people were killed that day. They were the three attackers: Humphrey Makhubo, Fanie Mafoko, and Wilfred Madela, Annamaria’s colleague: Cindy Anderson, who died in her arms, and another colleague, Annetjie de Klerk. Annetjie’s husband Willem had to take on a second job to support their three children. | Full Transcript | | 14:17 | I would like to know what caused my wife’s death. I would like to know who was responsible for her death. I was never informed about these things and I have never received a death certificate. I want to know what happened to the inquest. // Willem de Klerk knows that the man who killed his wife also died in the bank, but he wants to know who else was involved. // I would just like to say that everybody that was part of this everybody who took part in the planning should come forward and say, this is what I did and I am sorry about this. | Full Transcript | | 15:00 | On Friday, the 20th of May 1983 a car bomb exploded in front of Air Force Headquarters in central Pretoria. It was a devastating blast. 19 People died and 40 were injured. The ANC claimed responsibility. Shortly before, they had warned the South African government to remove military installations from civilian areas. Many of the victims were civilians although the ANC stress that the Air Force was the target. This is how Neville Clarence experienced the attack. | Full Transcript and References | | 15:39 | And at the time our base was Air Force Base Waterkloof, so I arranged to leave there a little bit earlier to first go via Air Force Headquarters so I could collect a certain documentation which I wanted to use for recruiting purposes. I was a fighter controller instructor. We proceeded to Air Force Headquarters but didn’t allow enough time for the traffic on a Friday afternoon, arrived there just on half past four. At that time the Air Force use to work until half past four, so by the time we arrived there were already people leaving the building. We were looking for parking, we eventually reversed and found the … decided to park in the loading zone directly in front of the entrance to the building. I was still trying to decide whether it was now worthwhile to go up into the building to go and fetch the documentation I wanted or whether to proceed on our way when what sounded to me was a click sound and that apparently was the explosion. At the time we were parked about a meter ...more | Full Transcript | | 19:43 | In the next week there are going to be submissions from all political parties including the ANC and I’m sure that some of the issues that we’ve been dealing with yesterday and today and throughout the life of the Commission will be part of those submissions as well as submissions from other political organisations which we hope will give us a better understanding of the conflict and all its sides. | Full Transcript |
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